myself, we conservatives made to look in the mirror and a understand that if we believe unlike edmund burke and russell kirk that conservatives are supposed to maintain social order, that we can run around preaching radical prescriptions to every single problem that is out there. and in this aspect i do use the example of ron reagan. conservatives always talk about reagan, ronald reagan, the world was radically different speaking of radical in the '80s than it is right now and what i tell conservatives and americans in my book is that all conservatives love talking about reagan's legacy, but they only talk about the ideological legacy of ronald reagan. and they don't talk about reagan's temperament. that's the real lesson on reagan. and not cutting taxes were beating the economy is or doing whatever, it is the temperament that reagan had that would allow he and tip o'neill to bash each other's brains in during the day on political matters and then at night sitting around in the oval office cotulla irishman drinking whiskey, telling stories, certainly exaggeration those stories and line, and

which is become my political black market and i just got a first edition said up, 12 volumes of edmund burke, which is fascinating, not good beach book but it is a good thing and the 5,000 yearly. for fun i am reading the 17 volumes of vince flynn and this young author, author is named lisa lutz i think is surnamed. the spellman files and the spellman file. she is a young, hip, funny reader and writer. if i can get to that the summer i am doing good. >> i'm looking forward to my summer reading. this is a long shot but i am reading this about this and the story of lincoln, darwin and modern life and that is my leegin. and i carry my books about lincoln, my books about fdr which is taken each trip and forget to read but i will do it this summer. >> to see more summer reading lists and other programming permission visit our web site at booktv.org. >> in 2000 nina easton at pudong booknotes to discuss her book, "gang of five," leaders at the center of the conservative crusade published by simon & schuster. she offers portraits of conservative figures bill krysta, ralph reed, kroeger norquist and

it is the tradition of edmund burke and russell kirk, preserving and building upon successful traditions of our civilization, limited government, maintaining values, maintaining fiscal britain's, and government structure which allows for freedom and economic prosperity, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind. this is what i hope, i think we would all agree. but we got with the republicans was something quite different. >> jon, do you think the consensus it seems here that the panel is come conservatism is not dead. deangelo pauls showed in kellyanne conway postal but the gallup poll showed by a factor to the one chose conservative over liberal and it seems that bush during the bush years got labeled conservative but he wasn't a conservative. he was, up until a bomb of the largest social spender in history. ying gates the united states and cornett venture-- adventure esam that i don't think had great support within the party itself, and i want to throw out the question, do we think that the republican party is no longer the vehicle for conservatism or is it salvageable and maybe i w

i just got the first edition said, i am so proud of this, 12 volumes of edmund burke riding which is fascinating, not a good beach book is a good thing and the 5,000. for fun i am reading the 17 volumes of vinceflynn and this new author name lisa lutz, the spellman files, spellman family. she is a jongh funny writer so if i can get through that this summer i will feel good. >> i am looking forward to my summer vacation and summer reading. i am going to read adam gopnik. this is a long shot but i am reading this, about the story of lincoln, darwin and modern life, and that is my eighth lead in, and then on a carry my books about lincoln, my books about fdr, i.t., each trip and forget to read but will this summer. >> to read for summer reading lists and information visit our web site at booktv.org. >>> here is a look at some of the upcoming book fairs and festivals of for the upcoming months. >>> bookexpo america and new york city, the both for regnery publishing with marji ross, publishing president. what do you have coming this season? >> we are very excited about several books for t

edmund burke, on the evolution of france. everyone should put this book on their list, but i hope all of you have read it and absorb it. the first time i came to washington and started interacting with my fellow conservatives i thought, i was at a party and it was a celebration of the french revolution party. i said, you have to be kidding me. i think it was crazy. but a lot of these things played out. the age of chivalry is gone. how many conservatives today have no problem with that? how many of us today -- a great thing about burke is every paragraph is quotable. never more show we behold a generous book of that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, in the spirit of exalted freedom. who would also support things like that dignified obedience? that subordination of the heart? sometimes in our libertarian celebrations of freedom, we lose fax -- set the facts of freedom. of the monarchy was essential to limited government and charity inevitably. we should think about this too, about what