host: caller from charlottesville, va.. who speaks for the gop caller: i do not think anybody speaks for the gop right now. nobody is really speaking for them. it is just a bunch of negativity. it is a lot of things that are kind of disturbing. rush limbaugh being a leader of the party is a sign of political suicide. host: the front page of "the washington post." host: michael is joining us from mobile, alabama. who speaks for your party? caller: dr. ron paul. host: randy is next from california. caller: it is yet to be determined. there's not a clear standout voice for the republicans. of course, for the conservatives, rush limbaugh is doing a pretty good job. dick cheney is making his will alone. as far as sarah palin, first of all, she motivated me to become a nra lifetime member of this year. i'd really like her. i think she has a good record. she is a popular governor. when the mainstream media people like amy walter say she needs to bring something to the table -- what did barack obama bring to the table when he was r

she joins us from charlottesville, virginia. talking about yesterday's supreme court decision, the nomination sonia sotomayor sonia, and the retirement of david souter. kay is on the phone from las vegas. caller: i have that as a firefighter in madison, wisconsin and the interest of the of the dynamics of how the court rules. they're not told what manuals to read. in the court transcripts, anybody who went up for the test, they were told what manual to read, what book to read. they were not going in blind. they have the information. they have the tools. it was their choice on how well they wanted to study and how bad they wanted the promotion. i am married to a military personnel. they test all the time for their ranks. they know what they have to do to make that rank. host: thank you for the call. let me take a follow up twittered commen comment. caller: the answer to the twitter question -- they have to meet some new standard. it is not clear what the standard is. justice kennedy's language is that there has to be a strong bas

the candidate from charlottesville has won and will compete this fall. to give us more context, this guest reported on this for the paper. could you tell us what happened and the importance of it? guest: sure, i would be happy

when roosevelt would spent time outside charlottesville, the only guess he would have with his family there was john burroughs at his country home. they would go birdwatching. they wrote about what they were seeing. there's no higher complement to the roosevelt other than john burroughs thought roosevelt's writings were more about preservation and hunting. >> you said john burroughs loved walt whitman. then you said there's no evidence that they had always sexual relationship. >> walt whitman was gay. during the civil war walt whitman adopted john burroughs. you cannot tell, when he was a young man he had an extraordinary good looks. they basically had love notes to each other. the became the great student of whitman. whitman could pick anyone. it was john burroughs. their relationship was one of a platonic nature. but he became almost a son to walt whitman. >> we're ines archive facility at the national center conservation center for training. how much time did you spend in this room? >> i would come down here. i did not spend much time in his room. this is a place where they keep th

to wrap this up where if all roads lead to democracy ultimately the journey would take me to charlottesville to monticello. for years i have heard about this amazing american immigration ceremony on july 4th in front of monticello. there would be 76 new citizens taking the oath of allegiance so i approached jefferson's dome, i couldn't help but think of thomas jefferson in paris where in 1786 instead of being in philadelphia helping to read the constitution he assigned almost his buddy, james madison, to do so. he was walking around and on a single day he fell in love twice in one day, once with a woman, the famous english -- not english artist, marie karzai, and also he encountered a with a john trumbull recommended seeing the famous dome, the hotel the solid -- excuse my french but i am from the midwest. so anyway, he stated that dome and stared at the dome and ultimately his love for emery fell by the wayside over time. but his love for the dome ultimately became the first residential home in the united states when he built that at monticello. and curiously it had 13 skylights. it reminde

charlottesville, virginia, good morning to tom. thank you caller: for taking my call. a brief comment to all of the listeners. kind of employer everybody to consider the issues in front of congress and in front of the country, from a more legal perspective and not consider what is best for the country but consider what our constitution enabled our lawmakers to do and give us. there are certain things which our constitution was set up -- and i think we have been breaking, going against a lot of those traditions and beliefs and my belief to the detriment of the country and what we were found upon. thank you. host: thank you. pasadena, california. of the democrats' line. caller: just a comment about the executives' pay. i think that if you limit the executive pay to -- and tell them to invest their money just like they invest people's money. this would be an incentive for them to do more because i can tell you what has happened to my investments over the past 30 years, these people have no conscience, seemingly. they just get your money and what a big bonus when they lose

one time a fourth of july speaking engagement in charlottesville, virginia he drove his limousine back to washington and reporters -- it was reported that he was traveling 65 miles an hour in a 50 miles an hour zone and harry was furious and wrote a letter to the editor of the paper that reported it. but it was one of those letters that was never actually sent. the truth was harry did drive too fast. of all the presidential trivia in this book i could say that's pretty much the one indisputable fact. everyone agreed harry truman drove too fast. he was very meticulous about his cars. he would measure the tire pressure. he would measure the tread regularly in the tire. of course, he washed them change the oil. he was very meticulous about keeping track of his gas mileage. he kept little cards in the glove compartment of the car and every gasoline purchase he made was truly marked down and the mileage calculated. i know a lot of guys still do that so -- it's not that unusual. i'm doing it on this trip myself. and, of course, he loved to drive. as a senator would drive from independence to

you now live here in charlottesville virginia. are you able to get around on public transportation?> i am able not to get around here, this is a very wrote out the. i was able to in san francisco and oakland and also in la. i walked a lot where i lived. here it's a very rural. i mean, really, it's not, it's gorgeous but not to my mind the book of the most sustainable to build patterns with large lots. so we have a beautiful large lot with trees, but it's far away. i try to in a trip combine my trips. i do telecommute. i spent a lot of time in front of my computer in front of my death. but i would like to be more on foot and be closer and eventually. >> do you know where the picture on the front of the book was taken. >> i believe -- i need to check. i think that's the border crossing in mexico see that who is your co-author daniel sperling. >> i have known for 25 years. he is from uc davis and i spent so much time at berkeley and a northern california. i knew him very well. five years ago that and decided we really want to write a book like this. and we did. and like i said got to g

>> bob: he's a former teammate of ryan zimmerman's down in charlottesville. hanley ramirez was sitting dead red and his former teammate pull the string on him. hanley ramirez has four homers, including two grand slams in the last seven games. his .333 batting average, fourth in the league, and i'm surprised he's only hitting .330 against washington. well, .330-plus now. gashes that ball up the middle. he's aboard with two outs for jorge cantu. back on may 10, scott olsen only pitched four innings, and he really sucked it up for his team. >> rob: looked like it was a bad back, but then we found out it was a bad shoulder. he went out with a bad shoulder before the game even started. that's a guy you want on your staff. there's difference between pain and injury, by the time he was fun finished, he was injured and had to rehab and come back. tough kid though. >> bob: he threw 109 pitches that day in 4 1/3 innings to the diamondbacks who eventually won 10-8. the nationals came up big late in the game, they were just too far behind at that point. and logan had a b

. >> you lived in southern california, lived in northern california and now live in charlottesville, virginia. are you able to get around on public transportation. >> i am able -- not to get around here, this is a very rural county and i was able to get around in public transportation in san francisco and oakland and also in l.a., i walked a lot. where i lived. here, it is very rural, i mean, really is not, you know, it is gorgeous but not to my mind the look of the most sustainable development patterns with large lots, we have a beautiful large lot with trees but it is far away and i try to combine my trips and i try -- do telecommute. i don't deputy my job and spend a lot of my time in front of my computer at my desk which saves my daily commute but i would like to be more on foot and be closer invent chilly. >> do you know where the picture on the front of the book is taken. >> i believe -- i need to check, i think that is the border crossing to mexico. >> and who is your coauthor, daniel sperling. >> i have known him for 25 years, you see -- at u.s.-davis and i spent so much time