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Should decide who they want to be president. >> jesse: but the democratic party and their donors are the ones deciding and not looking for the sharpest capped date or the one with the best policy chops. >> it's really hard to run a country and most people aren't very good at it. it's not being run well. so you have to go well, who could do it better? could it be a republican or a better democrat? if it's not a better democrat, how are we going to get a better democrat if you don't let the president debate? they won't let them debate. it's not that democratic. >> jesse: maybe that's by design. ...

House. >> it's interesting to compare it with don young, the former congressman from alaska who's sent millions and millions of dollars back to alaska. he was one of the most prolific fund raisers appropriating a lot of money there, and does palin have those policy chops, does she have that influence among the rest of members if she does win and able to send and direction that money back to alaska? so we'll see. but sara palin will probably get a lot of media attention at the beginning, but will she be an effective member of congress? >> yeah, those matter. we will have to wait and see. comi...

Children to be able to see and model behavior. they can say, i too can be. >> representation matters but you and i both know, it is not everything. lay out for us what you see as the limits of representation. she is going to be the face of the american government. there are limits to this type of representation. it is not the whole ball game. >> but you can see it in the sense of changing the government. this is a big step for kareem. this is a resume issue for her. it is a huge career step for her. these press secretaries rarely serve out the entire term of a president. you step into the role...

It's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that notes that the former president has never been known for his policy chops. i'm jonathan lemire on this tuesday, january 18th. we'll start with the news. the senate will begin voting onnen a pair of voting rights bills today despite strong backing from the white house that will likely fail to pass. the senate will convene this afternoon to begin debating but is not expected to hold a vote today. after debate on the bills begin, senate majority leader chuck schumer will move to end debate. that r...

In 1980 afghanistan's centrist government was overthrown by russian-backed military officers. they formed another union that was both unpopular in afghanistan and anti-communist western nations. so a section formed by devoutly christian fighters who hated the godless communist and conservatives who actually, coincidentally, hated the godless communists. the government would have fallen in the soviets didn't invade afghanistan in 1979 to prop the governor up. the mew haddine were no match for the military might of the ussr. meanwhile back in the united states a little-known texas congressman na...