you'll first hear from democratic governor mark o'malley. and a little less than an hour from the brookings institution the comments of republican presidential candidate jon huntsman. the former governor of utah and former ambassador to china. and after that we'll hear on state voting law and voting rights hosted by house democrats. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow morning. republican senator marco rubio will be interviewed by mike allen at 8:15 eastern on c-span2. and on c-span 3, defense secretary leon pennetta talking about the iraq security. that's at 9:30 a.m. eastern. wednesday on book tv online, watch live streaming coverage of the national average book awards, red carpet interviews with the nonfiction finals, and book tv is live from the miami book fair international with events and viewer call-ins. find the complete schedule online at book tv.org. >> the c-span.org home page is now easier to use. the new design features 11 video choices making it easier for you to watch today's events. there's a section to select "

but mark o'malley, heftd kmt governors association, governor from maryland is going to come on and talk and 2012 politics, senator kay bailey hutchison, republican from texas is also going to be with us to take a look at the super committee and chances they'll actually come up with a plan to bring down the deficit, which they must do at some point. >> they better bring it and match your caffeinated state this morning. because candy crowley is ready and she coming your way in just 12 minutes. candy, always good to see you. >>> but "state of the union" starts at 9:00 eastern on cnn. >>> women increase their odds of surviving an attack by learning self-defense. that's after the break. [ woman ] i know my kids are growing up. i see it in last year's pictures. i hear it in their plans for tomorrow. it makes me miss a couple of things. but i have a way to keep them close, even when they're far away. [ male announcer ] the inspiron one 2320 with the second gen intel® core™ i5 or i7 processor. performance for your unique lifestyle. [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime.

today, swing state politics with mark o'malley, head of the democratic governor's association. 2012, the economy and taxes with republican senator kay bailey hutchison of texas. >>> plus, a conversation with lobbyists hoping to influence the debt reduction work of congressional negotiators. >>> cain's chaos with our veteran political panel. >>> and the role of religion in presidential politics. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. >> the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. >> no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president's re-election bid and there is cause for concern. "usa today" and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not b

allowed again for eventually the state to rebuild and to become more authoritarian mark when i studied under martin o'malley and he used to always tell me that when totalitarian societies and states collapse they collapse totally do you agree with that statement because again we were all looking at the the how powerful the soviet union the communist party of the soviet union was but once it collapsed everything else went with it i mean it was the total collapse. well you know actually the state didn't collapse in many ways the state actually fragmented so they're little pieces of the state and in fact in some places the you know members of the politburo are actually still in power such as in kazakhstan so i think. you know exaggerated. plus you know i think they were all various ways in which the institutions that were there under communism played a major role in the whole transition process that didn't totally disappear in fact ironically the communists were in the forefront of the movements that did the soviet union so if you look at the leadership of the estonian popular front if you look at the at the l