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To your last comment. secondly the people have read that the president is trying to get judges appointed to the district of columbia srkt circuit court. that's the court to which all cases challenging federal laws go. the filibuster has been used to keep president obama from appointing judges there. so you have the agencies in a double bind. first they don't get enough money, not because they're trying to save money, but because they're trying to cripple the regulation. secondly this very conservative courts tells the agency oh no, we don't like this rule, you have to go back and do more work....

She does deal with the fact that women are often criticized for doing exactly what men do. take that on. >> that's right. that's one reason we use the cover line we did. don't hate her because she's successful. the same qualities that when men use them make them more popular, when women do, make them less popular, and it's something of a double bind. what it taez to be successful are the same behaviors that work against you, it's a little more understandable by why women would be reluctant to throw themselves into that. she looks at both the external barriers that keep women from reaching top ...

How to deal with this. it is true. there's no running start for women. you have to be prepared from day one. you have to communicate qualifications, confidence, knowledge. you cannot ramp up your campaign. the second thing that's true is if you make a mistake, we have very interesting strategies about how to deal with that mistake. a lot of women -- you saw it in the last campaigns. they try to explain their ways out of mistakes. one of the nicest, best things to do is change the topic and get endorsements and validators who say forget that. she's got the best economic plan. forget, she got th...

Dartmouth assessing the double bind. she finds no evidence of a harmful double bind to female politicians. tough behavior appears to help women because of the expectancy violation theory that individuals who outperform below expectations get disproportionately rewarded for exceeding the examinations. and she talks about hillary and pelosi and condoleezza who are known as tough who are telling people, hey, it's okay to be tough. the lack of expectation that women will be tough, they are rewarded for being tough. what do you make of this theory by professor brooks? >> i think it's a very powerfu...

Necessary to do to more directly address the issues of african american people? >> i'm fully aware that he is in a double bind, he is working in a nasty environment, but there's something that we have to pay attention to, there's always going to be people out there, they are always periods in history where the right wing, where conservative forces have opposed racial reform. i think we need to recognize that there are issues that need to be raised in black communities, no matter who is in the white house. >> professor peterson, do you agree with this? do you think that president obama's racial...