we welcome in james thurber. for listeners on c-span radio next inwe go to thomas holly hills, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. guys haveknow you this book "american gridlock," and i think it when then 2000 republicans figured out a way to steal that 2000 presidential election through katherine harris, jeb bush, basically the supreme court. when all is said and done and all the votes were counted, he did not really win that election. started actually -- guest: gridlock started actually in the 1980's. we had fewer and fewer people elected into state legislatures that could be called moderate. a liberal republican and a moderate republican are endangered species. secondly, we used to have blue dog democrats. democrats that were fiscal conservatives. they were voted in the middle with many of their colleagues in the 1970's, 1980's, and they started being redistricted. they lost. they are no longer around. about a third of the house and senate voting together in the 1980's to write now about 4%. when you

also, james thurber will be on hand to talk about his new look book.out his new and karin joins us toalk about the role of women in voting. join the discussion. announcer: net this year's student cam competition was one of the biggest yet. students produced documentaries using our road to the white .ouse theme the students told us the economy, education, and immigration were the hottest issues. to join in during washington journal next week when we will announce the winners and dan favorites. van favorites. favorites. announcer: net donald trump was in orlando today. 1.5 hours. ♪ donald trump: this is beautiful, this is beautiful. i love you, i love you. [applause] it's a movement, folks. it's a movement. it's not about me, it's about you. believe me, this is a movement. we are not going to be this stupid country anymore, we are not going to be the stupid people anymore. we are going to be the smart country, we are going to be the smart people. we are not going to let our politicians destroy our country, we are not going to let it happen, we are not going to let it happen. and i talk

we welcome in james thurber.or listeners on c-span radio next inwe go to thomas holly hills, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. guys haveknow you this book "american gridlock," and i think it when then 2000 republicans figured out a way to steal that 2000 presidential election through katherine harris, jeb bush, basically the supreme court. when all is said and done and all the votes were counted, he did not really win that election. started actually -- guest: gridlock started actually in the 1980's. we had fewer and fewer people elected into state legislatures that could be called moderate. a liberal republican and a moderate republican are endangered species. secondly, we used to have blue dog democrats. democrats that were fiscal conservatives. they were voted in the middle with many of their colleagues in the 1970's, 1980's, and they started being redistricted. they lost. they are no longer around. about a third of the house and senate voting together in the 1980's to write now about 4%. when you go

and then james thurber joins us to examine the polarization of political -- politics.ioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]

author james thurber will be under talk about his book american gridlock, the sources, character of politicalation. also, karen agnes founder of the network up and might in women joined us to discuss with presidential straw poll means, how the conservative movement has been changed by the campaign to far. and the role of women in millennials misuse election. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. clark's afterward and a new public and primary in louisiana and the republican caucus in kentucky, donald trump spoke to supporters and took questions at an event in west palm beach, florida. he congratulated senator ted , and calledd cruz on tenor marco rubio to drop out of the race after finishing third in many of these contests. [applause] mr. trump: thank you very much, everybody. i greatly appreciate it. nice to have you all a trump international. it's been a great club and a great success, and we appreciate it. it's been an amazing night. i've been in competitions all of my life. there is nothing so exciting as this st

be will be joined by james thurber on political polarization.d we will also be joined by karin agness of the network of enlightened women to talk about the cpac. our show begins at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. in the meantime, have a great saturday. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next, from the annual conservative political action conference, we will hear from republican presidential candidates, including governor john kasich and texas senator ted cruz. by that 11:35, florida senator marco rubio.