artur davis. is a current resident fellow band of former for term member of congress representing alabama's seventh district. during this time, he is named by esquire magazine as one of the 10 best congressman in america. he graduated from harvard in 1990, which i also did, and harvard law school in 1993, which i did not. in 1992, he was named best oralist in the moot court competition. then we have a paul ryan, the white house correspondent for the american urban radio network -- april ryan. she is a member of the national press conlub. she began her career and baltimore mayor less. at several radio stations and served as a news director. she is a graduate of morgan state university. then we have ron christie. do you catch a theme here? ron christie is the founder and president of an independent political consulting firm and a veteran senior adviser for the white house and congress. he served as a resident fellow at harvard's institute of politics last term and a visiting assistant professor at h

, a >> as artur davis, a former congressman from alabama.ight months, and it is a long time in politics. anything could happen. president obama could be up today. next week he could be as low as he could go. i will tell you this. the economy, the economy, the economy. if one provision on health care is struck down, he is all right. if the individual mandate is struck down, and everything else in fact, that is okay. [laughter] >> that is april ryan, white house correspondent for american urban radio networks. will somebody give me a prediction, perhaps a ron christie? >> i asked for a fortune cookie. >> these guys are hedging their bets. i think a brilliant columnist for a local the wall street journal" some get up exactly right where she said barack obama can lose, but he can only lose if the republicans beat themselves. was the economy as weak as it is, the president's record, the tenet healthcare initiative, he should be easily beatable, but republicans have a propensity to blow it. dwight mitt romney is going to win? yes, i do, do i think

the third time, i thought, the chance to say what artur davis thinks.t everyone who is black or brown or yellow or indian has to appreciate. there are a lot of people who are going to look at you and decide, you are smart, but i'd bet your specialty is this. i think it is a normal problem, it limits us. >> callie, let me dig into media. you and i are both people who continue to persevere in what some people think of as a dying industry. of course, the level of competition, the mergers, the shrinkage, my first job was at newsweek which is no one but the daily beast -- which is now run by the daily beast. how does that affect the ability to have a good strong coverage during a political year, which includes important racial topics? >> it means that stuff gets overlooked. i say all the time, there are many perspectives. what happens when you do not have the many voices in the room to talk about what is the central issue of the day -- you have lost something in terms of understanding what the issues are and how they impact all of us in a community. i see it

the third time, i thought, the chance to say what artur davis thinks. it is an incredible challenge that everyone who is black or brown or yellow or indian has to appreciate. there are a lot of people who are going to look at you and decide, you are smart, but i'd bet your specialty is this. i think it is a normal problem, it limits us. >> callie, let me dig into media. you and i are both people who continue to persevere in what some people think of as a dying industry. of course, the level of competition, the mergers, the shrinkage, my first job was at newsweek which is no one but the daily beast -- which is now run by the daily beast. how does that affect the ability to have a good strong coverage during a political year, which includes important racial topics? >> it means that stuff gets overlooked. i say all the time, there are many perspectives. what happens when you do not have the many voices in the room to talk about what is the central issue of the day -- you have lost something in terms of understanding what the issues are and how they impact