. >>> then, a true all-star "gps" panel including peggy noonan and david remnick on the ever-shifting gop field, vladimir putin and the protests in russia, and the euro's chances of survival. >>> finally, what are we bringing back from iraq? you'll be amazed. >>> but first, here's my take. "time" magazine announced its person of the year this week -- "the protester." from the arab spring to athens, from new delhi to new york, people power is stronger than it's ever been. and now it's reached moscow with the protests there last week. the great drama of russian history has been between its state and society. put simply, russia has always had too much state and not enough society. historians have pointed out that the russian nation was literally the property of the czar, that serfs were more like slaves than simply peasant workers as they were in europe, and that the country lacked any institutions that contested the authority of the government. the communist takeover in 1917 only enhanced these features by building a soviet superstate that dominated every aspects of people's lives. when

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pleasure to have you here. >> rose: david remnick is here to talk about russia. recently witnessed so biggt demonstrations since e collapse of the soviet union. last weekend tens of thousands took to the streets. demonstrators were demanding a recount the cember 4th parliamentary elections after widespread allegations of electoral fraud. there is also growing anger at president putin decision to run again for president in march. prot tests are the biggest grass roots challenge to putin since he took office 12 years ago. another major demonstration is planned for december 24th. joining me now as i said is david mnick, editor of "the new yorker". mi pleased tot jhaveusreturnedh because he just returned from russia. his new piece this week is called the civil archipelago, u had far can the resistance to putin go. welcome. >> thanks for having me, charlie. >> tell me just where you put russia in your own spectrum of sort of ongoing interest. >> i go back there and i dive right back in as if i have never been away. i have to tell you this last trip that i took was its

. >> joining the table, editor of the "new yorker" david remnick. >> who gets kicked off of airplanese offense? >> well, he won't close his book. >> well, the ipad game -- >> i slam the bathroom door storming off. >> and your latte spills. >> and i go to my network of choice and get to be funny about it. >> there you go. >> we're talking about the president's appearance on "60 minutes" last night. we can show a little bit more, but first of all, there's the art that he made things worse that the republicans are trying to put out there. did he counter that well last night as well as during his speech last week? >> the speech in kansas last week was really red meat. that was -- i think the base was waiting for that speech -- >> for a long time. >> the interview last night i thought was kind of strangely relaxed. i think he knows that he's got to kind of a dumb show, a goon show going on in the republican debates that he should just sit back and let happen. i don't think he could've dreamed of this kind of spectacle going his way. >> but i -- >> i think it's to his enormous advantage. >>