john scherer is the publisher. >> book tv has over 1,000 twitter followers. be a part of the excitement. follow us to get scheduling is, author information, and talk directly with authors during live programming. >> fair to say that there has been some level of more acceptance when you look at recent scandals and correct me if my thesis is wrong, but it is the ones that are attached to not just with personal lives are sexual scandals, but some of the wrongdoing that eventually takes people out of office. they can survive sex scandals. >> politicians can survive sex scandals. a senator from louisiana who frequented the d.c. madam won his last election in a landslide victory. it is possible right now because americans have got more and more used the sex scandals involving their politicians. ultimately we argue that is a good thing because it will enable us to stop eventually talking and obsessing about the sex lives of presidents and politicians and start focusing on what really matters. >> what makes it look so bad is not just the things and washington. when y