host: dan schnur of no labels. we have been talking about their campaign to make the presidency work. guest: thank you for having me. oft: watch c-span's coverage the conventions, coming up in just a couple of weeks. tampa, august 27-30. then returning to charlotte to 6.e the democrats sept. 4- find out more at c-span.org. coming up next, steve gunderson is our guest. we will talk about for-profit colleges. later on, kristie arslan joins us to discuss issues that are most important to the self -- a boy in today's economy and the job market. first this news update. >> now that the department of homeland security is taking applications from young illegal immigrants looking to get work permits, arizona governor jan brewer has signed an executive order denying the young people drivers licenses and other public benefits. governor brewer says the federal program, the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, does not give immigrants legal status. she is following the intent of the current state law denying public b

host: ok, let's hear from dan schnur.le of points in which i respectfully disagree with maria. most important is that americans do have a way of addressing their dissatisfaction with their elected leaders. it is the next election. one of the biggest problems that exist in politics that washington and the national level and state level as well is the most powerful voices in politics tend to be those that discourage cooperation across party lines. when a principaled liberal and congress decides it wants to work with summit is something done, there is a lot of strident voices to discourage that cooperation. one of our rules is to say that "working together is not a bad thing. it is a good thing. every two years or every four years or every six years, depending on the office, americans really do have a chance to weigh in, either in supporter opposition of their elected representatives. we want to make sure that when the people of this country have a chance to weigh in, you're hearing not just on the nay- sayers bidding cooper

. >> do you think briefly, dan schnur, having now the ryan pick, "wall street journal" editorial pagely review will help him? >> helps him marginallism as terry smith mentioned earlier, while romney is getting the support from the base of the republican party, it is without a great deal of enthusiasm, as page was designed to rev up the base, here is ryan with an intellectual foundation to help him out. >> conservative pundits did not like mitt romney in the primaries, as you may recall. let me get a break. we will continue this conversation on the other side. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. want my recipe for heal

host: dan schnur is the co- founder of no labels. your organization has been going through the branches of government in washington and looking for ways you think they can be improved on. what is wrong with the presidency? guest: first of all, i want to make it clear to your viewers that we are not targeting this president or any other individual was held the office. rather, the structure of the presidency and the executive branch. we think it could stand some reforms, just as we think congress could stand some reforms also. we do not come at this unnecessarily from the left or the right. what we want to see is government functioning more effectively than it currently does. what that means is a lot of things, " what it means in particular is getting the parties to work together more effectively, getting the leaders of both parties to engage in more ongoing conversations with the american people. we have a multi point plan, which i will shamelessly plug now, called "make the presidency work." it has outlined several reforms, and it is

in 45 minutes, dan schnur on his organization's new campaign that helps to ever win the presidency be more effective leader. at 8:30 a.m., we look at for- profit colleges with steve gunderson. then, a discussion of issues facing the self-employed with kristie

. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" dan schnur talks about the campaign. >> later, a discussion on issues facing the self-employed in today's economy. will your from the president of the national association for the self-employed. "washington journal" beginning live in the morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> angela merkel is in canada for meetings with the prime minister. we'll bring you a joint conference from ottawa. coverage will be right here on c-span. >> i was in a training program when i got out of the army corps ""the wall street journal"." >> he talks about his various jobs as a journalist and his criticism of the defense budget priorities. >> said built a facility -- they bill to an expensive facility -- built $4 million dollars on a facility in for 40 people. if he spent that much for an elementary, that would raise questions. >> public and of the first lady stopped in dubuque -- president obama and the first lady stopped in dubuque, iowa. later in the day, the president and first lady had another rally in davenport. this is 45 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you, guys