editor at townhall dot com and the radio host of the guy benson show erica kane a democratic strategist and brian darling director of government studies at the heritage foundation as well as a columnist as human events welcome let's get started. on tuesday kathy hochul want to special election in new york's twenty sixth congressional district becoming just the fourth democrat since eight hundred fifty seven so hold that seat democrats were able to turn the election into a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan to privatized medicare take a look at this ad that's been running around the nation. it was funny as paul ryan said he had to do six takes to get this right i think that there was such a great idea as you can imagine voters soundly rejected the republican plan so now the paul ryans road map of throwing grandma off a cliff is costing republican seats and congress isn't time for the party to dump the whole ryan and the rest of the tea party. guy well of course not i think that this is first of all the ad is silly so much for the newtonian power of ryan dumping in old defenseless old

are you ready you're always joining me tonight on our panel of experts political commentators guy benson political editor at townhall dot com and the radio host of the guy benson show eric a democratic strategist and brian darling director of government studies at the heritage foundation as well as a columnist in human events welcome let's get started. on tuesday kathy hope obama's special election in new york's twenty sixth congressional district becoming just the fourth democrat since eight team fifty seven to hold that seat democrats were able to turn the election into a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan to privatized medicare take a look at this ad that's been running around the nation. it was funny as paul ryan said he had to do six takes to get that right i mean i thought that was such a great response anyhow as you can imagine voters soundly rejected the republican plan so another paul ryan's roadmap to throwing grandma off the cliff is costing republican seats in congress isn't it time for the party to dump paul ryan and the rest of the tea party. by well of course not only t

host: guy benson from townhall.com and judd legum from thinkprogress.org. the nature of political action committees, how they work, how much money they can raise. also, a discussion of iran and the american foreign policy council. we will be right back. >> people often say to me, how much of your time to you spend writing and how much time you spend doing research? great question. no one ever asks, how much of your time you ever spend thinking? that is the most important part of it. >> part two of the q&a interview with david mccullough, his writing process and, "the greater journey -- americans in paris." you can download our signature interview programs online on." -- c-span.org/podcasts. >> today, looking at the history and literary life of the tampa-st. petersburg area. plus, a look at the book industry with local booksellers. american history tv on c-span3, from the st. petersburg museum, the first scheduled their craft and a book at the history of 750 former slaves and seminole indians in the early 1800's. local content vehicles with civic leaders tod

columnist brian darling democratic strategist erica kennedy a conservative radio talk show host guy benson join me after the break for our big picture weekly ramble . let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right.

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host: political editors joing us this morning judd legum and guy benson. for a lot of their a -- four lauderdale, florida. caller: first of all, i support the president obama re-election. i would like to make a prediction about the republican front runner in 2002. karl rove said that he would be interested in helping jeb bush become president. i know that many people think it is unlikely, but he has a very large base. he has an edge on the hispanic vote, the christian right in the nra, they love him. he has wealthy influential supporters. his policies left florida in a shambles. but he is very ambitious and arrogant. what do your guests think of the possibility of him running? guest: quickly responding to that point, i do not think that he is running. he has said that repeatedly. his last name is bush in whether or not we are over bush 50, i am unconvinced for the 2012 cycle. he left florida in such incredible, it revocabl shambles, i wonder why his approval rating there is between 60% and 70%. perhaps they do not realize the damage that he had done. you c

[applause] >> tomorrow on are "washington journal" townhall guy benson and judd legum speak about the presidential race, and sheila krumholz will speak on "washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. and tomorrow morning, former president clinton will speak about the federal deficit and middle east peace process. you can see his comments sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> people often say to me, and a good question, how much of your time do you spend writing and how much time doing research? great question, no one ever says how much of your time do you spend thinking. and that's probably the most important part. >> sunday with the interview with david mccullough, and his book, greater journey. and you can download at c-span.org/podcast. >> next bucknell university commentment address with erick weihenmayer. >> with erik weihenmayer, that is a passionate humanitarian, to overcome obstacles. despite losing his vision to eye disease at age 13, he's skier and mountain climber and acrobatic sky diver, in 2001 he climb the mount everest and in 2002, he was one of 11 and o

[applause] >> tomorrow on "washington journal" guy benson and judd legum discuss politics in the 2012man examines a ron's role in the middle east. -- iran's role in the middle east. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. also tomorrow morning, former president bill clinton talks about the current federal deficit and the ongoing middle east peace process. he spoke earlier this week at the peterson foundation. you can't hear his comments sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> people often say, how often of your time be spent writing and thomas tidies been doing research? it is a good question. no one ever says how much of your time you spend thinking. that is probably the most important part of it. >> in part to of c-span's enter v with david mccullough, his writing process and latest, "the greater journey." you can see them on line at c- span.org/podcast. >> commencement addresses all this weekend on c-span. we now had to the university of colorado and boulder to hear remarks from chipotle founder, steve ells. then we will hear from curtis carlson. then, the nat

also joining us, guy benson, political editor. thank you both for joining us. let me point you to a poll to start off with. taken by abc news, rankings rudy giuliani and others in the republican field as far as to how others are responding. rudy giuliani, sarah palin, mitt romney, they are the top three. lower on the list, michelle bodman, but pawlenty, ron paul. booking at all of that. booking at the list, how it stacks up, looking at the polls, what does that mean for the 2012 elections? guest: two of those caught three may well not be running. and fld feels that presents challenges for the eventual nominee. were likely to have a very competitive and win the battle fo the republicanomination. i also think that you do not yet set a candidate on the republican side that is galvanizing people. as far as the commentary, there is a lot of support around tim pawlenty. but in the general public to see that he is not making it through yet. it is going to be an interesting year, publicly, and the president and his advisers are probably feeling pretty good about the sh

guys? >> yes. >> jimmy: what are carly, sam and freddie's last name. >> should we do it in order? carly shea, freddy bensonre you freaked out right now? >> no. >> jimmy: miranda, name at least two categories that sam won in the yearbook. >> ooh. oh, no. class clown and she was a pageant girl. no? >> jimmy: no! [ sad tuba ] >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: you guys want to try a steal? >> yes. we watched pageant girl last night. >> we actually did. >> but that's -- >> jimmy: two categories in the yearbook. won more than that, but give me two. >> class clown sounds like a good guess. maybe puppets -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what kind of yearbook -- have you never seen a yearbook? >> final answer. >> jimmy: no. absolutely not. most likely to get suspended, teacher's pest, most likely to ask for more food at a party and most likely to be in detention. so wrong. all right, ready? writer's question. what is the tablet device that was introduced on the show called? >> pear pad. i feel bad. you gave her an easy one. i mean a -- >> jimmy: oh, my god. i'm so sorry. miranda, what is the name of gibby's younger brother? >> guf