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Editor todd purdum has a big piece, one of those big think pieces in the latest issue of the magazine which has lady gaga on the cover because you have to sell the magazine. it's called "washington we have a problem." we're also joined by a washingtonian from birth, senior political reporter jonathan martin. look, you've gotten a lot of attention for this piece, this idea that it's broken. i think rahm emanuel refers to washington in cementing his own four-letter legacy as f nutsville. one part of your piece has not gotten a lot of attention. it was striking to me. that was the fact that the m...

Lady gaga on the cover because you have to sell the magazine. but it's called "washington, we have a problem." we'll r we're also joined by a washingtonion from birth. you've gotten a lot of attention for this piece for the idea that it's broken. rahm emanuel refers to washington as "f" nutsville. one piece has not gotten a lot of attention, which was striking to me, it's the industry of lobbying. this figure you used. you said in 2009 expenditures for lobbying, 3.5 billion, with a "b" dollars. or $1.3 million for each hour that congress was in session according to the center for responsive po...

Because you have to sell the magazine. it's called "washington we have a problem." we're also joined by a washingtonian from birth, senior political reporter jonathan martin. look, you've gotten a lot of attention for this piece, this idea that it's broken. i think rahm emanuel refers to washington in cementing his own four-letter legacy as f nutsville. one part of your piece has not gotten a lot of attention. it was striking to me. that was the fact that the media is not the fourth asset. estate. it's the industry of lobbying. this figure you used, you said in 2009, expenditures for lobbying ...

Particularly everything at the white house. >> and talking to some senior officials, this is on an interim basis. he certainly didn't lobby for the job, but they won't start the proverbial search today. he already had been working for several months on a transition plan. they know there are going to be so many people who will leave the west wing in the coming months. this turnover is expected, and he's really been the architect of putting the new team in place. >> let's tell you a bet about pete rouse. he was chief of stas. as a u.s. senator, pete rouse was the chief of staff for tom daschle. ...