bush, dan bartlett joining the conversation as well. >> hey, dan. good to see you, dan. far from the president's book, the press' reaction to it and a lot of polls show this president's numbers are stubbornly rising? >> i was having a good time listening to the debate on set. it's interesting to watch how all these issues come back to the fore and everybody is reigniting the conversation and controversial decisions. as everybody reads this book, there will be discussions about iraq and wmd and those issues. i hope people also see a little bit of the person i worked for for 15 years and see a part of the humanity of the man and a lot how he grappled with these big decisions. i know it's sport for people to say it wasn't reflective and didn't care about the decisions he made. anybody who reads this book will see it's quite contrary, he did take his responsibilities seriously. these big issues he was facing was something as a staff we grappled with. he as a person, with his wife and his family, he had to grapple with. i think it's a good read. he gives insight into a person

first, dan bartlett, what kind of speaker is john boehner likely to be?re we going to see gridlock on capitol hill or is he a bit of a compromiser? >> john boehner, the finely tanned man from ohio taking over as speaker of the house is well liked not only in his own caucus but behind the scenes he has great relationships with key democrats. that will be the key as they try to forge a coalition of the new entrants many backed by the tea party, there could be upwards of 60 republican freshmen -- that's a big bloc of voters who have come in with a mandate to say no to the white house. he's got a complicated system on his hands but he's got public sentiment, which is stop the spending, make sure we enact pro-economic policies and john boehner, a lot of people think even though he's been there for a long time that he may be the right person to do it because of those relationships he has behind the scenes. >> couric: jamaal simmons, how will the white house deal with this new breed of republican on capitol hill? you have many tea party candidates, as dan said,

next is dan bartlett. his distinguished -- he served in several high-ranking positions in the white house. he was counsel for the president. he was an instrumental in the president's 2000 and 2004 campaign. he is currently president and ceo of public strategy. paul needs no introduction to many of you in the room. he was a democratic strategist who served as a political contributor to see in and -- served as a political contributor to cnn. he served with bob casey jr. and sr.. the serbs with bill clinton in 1992. finally, congressman joseph cal. he is the first be nominated to serve in the united states congress. he is representing the second district of louisiana or 2009. he probably has better perspective than most. he has been voted out of office. he lost his home and his office in the hurricane five years ago. thank you for joining us. i covered the hurricane as a warden of the mississippi gulf coast. standing in the rubble of what was left, it was in it -- it was the first natural disaster for the uni

the country our cbs news democratic strategist jamal simmons and cbs news republican strategist dan bartlett. >> good morning, harry. >> what will this look like come january? the republicans tea party guys have already said our number one priority to repeal health care reform. the president is sitting there with this big pen, great big pen and all he has to do is say no thanks, i'm vetoing this. what will that look like. >> unfortunately, it will look a lot like paralysis in washington, unfortunately. the republicans have they think, not only their base behind them, but they feel they have the majority of independents right now saying put the brakes on the obama agenda. if that requires them to take early symbolic votes they know they will won't repeal health care but if they want to take early votes to put snats on the next cycle on public record once again voting in favor of health care reform so there's a lot of politics still in play. >> right f. the democrats feel this wind of change that's blowing out there, will any democrats flow closer to the middle? will they say, you know what ma

i will start with dan bartlett, who is not the person in the dress. he had several positions in the bush white house. he was instrumental in george bush winning the white house. he's now the president and ceo of public strategies in washington, d.c. to his left is betsy fisher, the executive producer of the number one-rated sunday morning show, "me to press -- "meet the press ." joe lochearn was press secretary for brooklyn, a very easy job at the time. [laughter] he is now in managing director at the clover park group in washington, d.c. next to him as mark mckinnon, a communications strategist who was work for senator john mccain, lance armstrong, and bono. i would like to see them all in a room sunday. next to him is the partner and managing director of global -- global public we fares, a big firm in d.c. she worked for the obama campaign and also worked for the john carey campaign and has done other consulting over the years. -- the john carey campaign - john kerry campaign next we have the senior political writer for "politico and has written for

all the way -- actually this is in the right order will start with dan bartlett who is not person in the dress. [laughter] dan has several divisions in the white house and was very instrumental in george w. bush winning the white house he is now the president ceo of public strategies washington, d.c.. next to him on the left is betsy fischer, executive producer of the number one rated sunday morning show "meet the press," and it is the longest running television program in the history of the world. she hasn't been there all that time. [laughter] dale lockhart was press secretary for bill clinton, very easy job at the time. [laughter] and he's now a founding partner managing director for the park group in washington, d.c.. next to him in the baseball cap is mark mckinnon, who is a leading producer and communication strategist who has worked for president george w. bush, senator john mccain, lance armstrong, and bono. i would like to see them in a room together someday. [laughter] next to him is kiki mclean of public affairs as part of the valley which is a big firm in d.c.. she is the

next is dan bartlett.his distinguished -- he served in several high-ranking positions in the white house. he was counsel for the president. he was an instrumental in the president's 2000 and 2004 campaign. he is currently president and ceo of public stragy. paul needs no introduction to many of you in the room. he was a democratic strategist who served as a political contributor to see in and -- served as a political contributor to cnn. he served with bob casey jr. and sr.. the serbs with bill clinton in 1992. finally, congressman joseph cal. he is the first be nominated to serve in the united states congress. he is representing the second district of louisiana or 2009. he probably has better perspective than most. he has been voted out of office. he lost his home and his office in the hurricane five years ago. thank you for joining us. i covered the hurricane as a warden of the mississippi gulf coast. standing in thrubble of what s left, i was in it -- it was the first natural disaster for the united stat

i will start with dan carlitz -- bartlett. he was very instrumental in george w. bush winning the white house. in 2004, at least and somewhat in 2000. >> here we go. >> now you deals of public strategies in washington. next to his betsy fisher, the executive producer of the number-one rated sunday morning show, "meet the press." it is the longest-running television program in the history of the world. she has not been there all that time. jill a la carte was press secretary for bill clinton. -- joel block party -- joe lockhart was the press secretary for bill clinton. next to have it is martha, immediate -- a media producer who has worked for president george w. bush and senator john mccain, let's armstrong, and bono. next to him is kiki. she is been a senior adviser to hillary clinton. she worked on the ad, -- she worked on the obama campaign. right next to me is jonathon martin. it is an honor when you are known by a nickname. he is the senior political writer for "political." -- "politico." going to talk about glory . is the entertainment? is it journalism? let