anna galland is the executive director of moveon.org. she is joining us on this sunday from ann arbor, michigan. the website is, of course moveon.org. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. >> there was a discussion this morning on the republican candidates and possible candidates for 2016. this is a -- just over 40 minutes. >> we want to welcome back former republican congressman vin weber from minnesota. guest: a beautiful day. host: let's talk about the editorial that you wrote with lee hamilton. you say it is time to open up the process for the presidential debate next year after democrats and republicans have selected their nominates. -- their nominees. guest: the point we are making is that we are no longer republicans or democrats. i'm a republican pick -- but we are seeing record levels of discontent with the parties. over 40% of the public now identifies as independent. that is the highest number in the history of the poll. you cannot continue to march the democracy on without giving those people who are dissatisfied wit

host: a few more minutes with our guest anna galland from moveon.org. caller: would you explain your relationship with george soros? guest: this is one of these talking points that comes up on fox news time and again. early and moveon's life, we had a much matching contribution from him. it is now 11 years later. moveon has raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars over organizational history from hundreds of thousands of individual americans who care about this country and wants to see it work for average people. we have helped elect president obama, we helped pass the affordable care act and make a more progressive than it was going to be. we worked for years and years to bring inan end to the iraq war. we are working with diplomacy to make sure we avoid another unnecessary of war in the middle east. we have worked with senator elizabeth warren and her track record of standing up for the little guy. we have commonsense change that will make this country better, and we do that with the sport of hundreds of thousands of individual moveon members

anna galland is the executive director of moveon.org. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: two former members of congress, say it is time for us to open up the presidential debate and include third-party contenders like they did with ross perot. later, retired colonel derek harvey will talk about the isis gains in syria and iraq. you're listening to washington journal on memorial day sunny may the 24th. you're looking at the lincoln memorial. we're back in a moment. ♪ >> for he today that sheds his light with me shall be my brother, the he never so vile. this day shall gentle his condition. and gentlemen now in about shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from by countries is an -- bosom, should grieve the more than streams of foreign gore. >> director of the shakespeare library talks about shakes here and help politicians use quotes from the heinous playwrights in their speeches. >> sometimes the poetic images, the sound of the rhymes, and also the way in which senator byrd did giving is a pause to linger

. >> on the next washington journal, executive erector anna g -- exec of director anna galland talks about the election. and retired colonel derek harvey discusses the isis takeover of the iraqi city of ramadi and the response from the u.s. as always, we take your calls and you join the conversation on facebook and twitter. that is why the 7:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span. >> for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. b he never so vile, this day shall gentle his condition. and gentle men in england now at bed, shall think themselves first that they were not -- cursed. that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from my country's bosom, shall mean to me more than streams of foreign war. >> -- talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes from his famous works. >> the sound of the lines, the way that senator byrd did, you can pause and linger over a long phrase and a stop keep going. i think he is using the rhythm of the language, some that shakespeare did so brilliantly so that he can take english and put it into high gear at one moment, then slow dow

journal executive director in a dow ended talks about the role of progressives in the 22nd -- anna galland talks about the role of progressives in the 2016 the election. and colonel derek harvey talks about the takeover and the response from the united states and coalition partners. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live on sunday at 4:00 a.m.. >> we look at the personal lives of three first ladies. in a harris and it never stepped foot in the white house. late to should tyler becomes first lady when her husband vice president takes over. she passes away and the president remarries julia tyler who is the first photographed first lady. this sunday night on c-span's original series about first ladies. first ladies and their influence on the presidency from without washington to michelle obama. c-span's new book, "first ladies pure code -- "first ladies." it is available at your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> now, the brookings institution on rebuilding communities. representatives of from government the private sector, academia, and nonpr