the alhambra newspaper describes fulmer's help as a symphony conductor. he certainly did a lot of behind-the-scenes kind of work on nixon's behalf, helped him get elected in 1946. when it came to 1950 when he ran against helen douglas, "the l.a. times" was very squarely in richard nixon's corner and worked very hard to get him elected. when he gets to the -- during the alger hiss case, and by the way, at this point, nixon, it looked like, was enjoying some fairly decent press coverage and, in fact, as he begins the hiss -- alger hiss investigation, the fellow that he chose to work with him on this was a fellow from the press, a guy by the name of bert andrews who was the washington bureau chief for the old "new york herald tribune." he'd just won the pulitzer prize for doing an investigation how the investigation of communism had ruined the life of ten people in the state department. and nixon chose andrews to work with him on the hiss investigation specifically because he wanted somebody who would kind of cast a jaundiced eye on what he was thinking at t

ed fulmer is here and since almost the first day i walked and it seems like we had some big piece of legislation reforming social security or the tax code measuring dependency, the heritage foundation has the resources to get that done. so thank you ed and mike and i understand bob pennington is here one of the trustees. i haven't had a chance to shake your hand that i know you have been a big help to the heritage action group which is really increase their leverage as conservative legislators to have more pressure on the outside. one of the things we have found out is good ideas don't necessarily win out here on the hill unless there is pressure coming in from outside the beltway. and the heritage action has certainly played a key role in the first year or two just to let people know what we need to do here in washington to pull america away from a cliff. i want to wish our chinese visitors a happy new year. thanks for joining us here today. this is where the action is, here on capitol hill for the right ideas. but thank you for the opportunity to talk about "now or never." i will p

how do you weigh the balance of fulmer ability and fierceness that alternates in the book? >> that is part of what i think is so fascinating. part of the reason -- let's banish the phrase a green black woman from the culture. not only for the stuff but part of the reason that caricature of her is so wrong is it mixes vulnerability and the anxiety. that is the word there are 8 views. they don't call her angry. they call her anxious. the point in my reporting that i found her fuming was after the scott brown victory. scott brown wins. this has devastating consequences for the president's legislative agenda. is in jeopardy now. she is two issues with her husband's team. she doesn't understand how they could have let this happen, how they could have dropped the ball in the race. the other issue which is more to the heart of the presidency is she always had this idea that her husband is going to be a transformative president. she never liked politics. if you are going to go into politics you have this lofty vision of who you are going to be. the administration like the nebraska