we bring in eleanor clift of news week.e focus on north carolina justified both from the standpoint of is this a winnable state for the democrats and is this a disaster staring them in the face? >> i think it is a swing state, and i think they would make at it bigger disaster if they walked away. the voters in north carolina are broodly against gay marriage but i don't think they have a good idea of what they are voting for. they already have a law that bans gay marriage in the state this would make that it much harder to repeal but i don't think the obama campaign, or democrats particularly want this election to be a referendum on whether you support gay marriage or not. in some states it's a winner and in some states it is not. and the president is valiantly trying to finesse it. i don't think he will be able to finesse the issue, but i think stamping his feet and taking the convention out of north carolina would only make what is right now an embarrassment, and a difficult issue -- i think it would just make it that much

. >>> more live programming coming up later today with eleanor clift and matthew spieler. the latest book is called selecting a president and they'll talk about the elections and the electoral system and it gelts under way at 1 p.m. eastern online at booktv.org. >>> there is an extra day of booktv this holiday weekend on c-span 2. aaron burr may be best remembered for his duel with alexander hamilton. on after words the former director for asian affairs victor kha on the impossible state of north korea. >> it is kind of a ridiculous dialog. you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation and their response to you will be and we have had this conversation at the official level, the response to you will be, well, you, the united states, have human rights problems, too. i mean, it is not a comparable discussion. >> that's saturday night at 10. also this weekend marcus la trell details operation red wing sunday night at 10 eastern and three days of booktv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout th

later today, authors eleanor clift and matthew spieler will discuss their latest book, "selecting a president." it starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and coming up tomorrow night a debate between the candidates running in wisconsin's recall election, republican income dent scott walker, being challenged by milwaukee's democratic mayor, tom barrett. that's live tomorrow starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it on c-span. >>> life is incredibly precious, and it passes by far too quickly. so during your time here use all of your unique god-given talents to serve one another as that will be the true measure by which your life will be judged. follow the golden rule. >> memorial day weekend, watch commencement speeches on c-span. politicians, white house officials, and business leaders share their thoughts with the graduating class of 2012. saturday through tuesday at noon and 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the obama administration is pushing congress to pass legislation protecting consumer privacy online. the senate commerce committee looked into the issue yesterday, hearing testimony from federal tra

in the first book in a new series about the fundamentals of american government eleanor clift contributing editor for newsweek magazine and that use either, or social policy analyst for congressional quarterly explain how the united states elects the president in selecting a president. in the fate of the species leaders and what the human race may cause its extinction and how we can stop it, read the dell, executive editor of scientific american argues that the earth is going through the mass extinction event with hundreds of species dying on a daily basis. he offers technological solutions to stop the continuous extinctions. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors on booktv and booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to the third annual gaithersburg book festival. i am head book signer of politics and prose. gaithersburg is the first city to celebrate and support the cultural arts. we're pleased to bring you the event free of charge thanks to the generous support of our sponsors. a couple quick announcements. for the consideration everyone h

for more on the story, we turn to one of my favorites in washington eleanor clift to discuss her latestampaign book selecting a president, and with the mclaughlin group, number 1 opinion my dvr, long-time columnist with newsweek and the daily beast, eleanor, welcome into the war room. >> always nice to be with you michael. >> would he follow each other everywhere from the targets to here i loved it when i heard you would be on the show today. i want to take a look at a new video by the obama campaign that ties romney and trump together at the hip. >> why doesn't he show his birth certificate? he may have one, but there is something on that. religion? it may be that it says he is a muslim. >> i did a great job in getting him to -- i haven't seen it. i am looking -- i will look at it later. i don't need to look at your copy. >> the candidate can't be responsible for everything that their supporters say. >> pugwhat? when i hear that, it makes me wonder, eleanor, do you think romney's association with trump is going to come back and bite him in the butt? >> i see this as a form of appeaseme

in the first book in a new series about the fundamentals of american government eleanor clift, contributingditor for newsweek magazine and matthews spieler, former social policy analyst for congressional quarterly explains the process of how the united states to elect the president in selecting the presidents. in the fate of the species, why the human race may cause its extinction and how we can stop it, fred cattell, executive editor, scientific american argues that the earth is going through the mass extinction event with hundreds of species dying off on a daily basis. he offers technological solutions to stop the continuous extinctions. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week, and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and on the booktv.org. [silence] >> welcome to the book festival. co-owner of politics and prose bookstore. our store is delighted to be the main bookseller. as many of you may be aware, we are located in washington. -- we are known for the author talks. part of a larger community. so we were very eager to help organize this festival. they approac