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.. it is beginning, we the people, and i am delighted to have my colleague, the former member of the house of representatives, mike castle, to join me and david eisner so accurately characterized it, mike and i are members of a 30 year club. it's not too easy to come by. it takes a while to get that kind of seniority. this book, "life among the cannibals," was designed to come out in the midst of this election season to try to appoint the american people with why washington is what it is today, and that is gridlocked and dysfunctional, so that if the electorate is properly motivated,...

personally but doesn't of the particular allegiance. this is where the 112 conagra's is different from, say, the congress that we said during the new gingrich revolution. when he came in with his 70 something freshman, they were utterly beholden to newt. .. >> without question, the most famous of the 87 freshmen. he was a tea party sensation before he was ever elected because in 2009 he gave this so-called bayonet speech, in which he exhorted his audience to pick up their bayonets and charge the enemy to victory. but i say equal to opportunity offender because although he is very muc...

personally i thought there was much chance of that. america is after all what it is. next on booktv former senator arlen specter of pennsylvania talks about his political career in the split between the old guard members of the former party and members supported by the tea party. senator specter is in conversation of mike castle, former delaware governor and u.s. representative for a little under an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it can be no better place to have this discussion began in the constitution center. the three key words in the constitution it's beginning...

karen in detroit, you're on with jenn risko of shelf awareness. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm curious for the publisher to ask, will writers begin to consider putting hyperlinks into their book to take readers to other spot or other locations that are relevant to the text of their reading? i think that could create a really dynamic reading experience. ten comments more than just reading the book, but then maybe a platform of going to a higher hyperlink. >> host: jenn risko. >> guest: i believe we can party to this this, can't we? for instance, if you're reading -- let ...

>> host: can you give a reason why decision points is topping the list? the president left with a very low approval rating. >> guest: he did. and it's interesting that this book was doing so incredibly well. in fact, there's a number of people in publishing better thinking that bush's book will actually surpass the sales of clinton's book, which is an interesting thing to think about. why has it done well? you know, if you've watched bush on this tour at all, and he's pretty amazing. he's relaxed, having fun with it. he reveals to us many personal things and also how he got to the de...