she runs the huffington post.is now the second-largest political website on the internet, trailing only ""the new york times." in 2009 [applause] the financial times named her one of the 50 people who shaped that decade. that was when she was just warming up. [laughter] she has a new book coming out this year warning america about its course toward becoming a third world nation. arianna huffington. [applause] >> thank you so much, bob. thank you for this wonderful speech and all your doing and thank you for being a regular huffington post blogger. it seems like yesterday, doesn't it? barack obama was going to take office. he was going to change the world and we would just go home and sit on the couch% [laughter] he was going to be in charge of changing our financial system, the feeding special interests in washington, ending on necessary wars, congratulations, it has worked out great. [laughter] i am just kidding because we realize that surprising as it is to hear about, electing barack obama which many of you tho

arianna huffington. >> thank you so much. thank you for this wonderful speech. you for being a regular, weekly blogger. we love having you on the site. it seems like yesterday, doesn't it? barack obama was going to take office. he was going to change the world, and we would just go home and hit the couch. [laughter] he was going to be in charge of changing our financial system, of defeating special interest in washington, ending unnecessary wars, and congratulations, it worked out great. have a great trip home. i am just kidding. surprising though it may seem to hear that, all elected barack hussein obama, which many of you worked hard to do, amazingly, and that was the easy part. the hard work remains to be done. and if we have learned one thing over the last year and a half, we have learned that democracy is not a spectator sport. the other thing we have learned is that, by partisanship is not the way to fundamental change. [applause] so far, bipartisanship has brought us a no strings attached bailout. it has brought us the freedom from the burden of an afford

rianna huffington -- arianna huffington. [applause] >> thank you so much, bob.hank you for the speech. thank you for all you are doing. thank you for having -- but we love having you on our website. it seems like yesterday that barack obama was going to take office. he was going to change the world. we would then go home and hit the couch. he was going to be in charge of changing the financial system. he was going to defeat interests in washington ending unnecessary wars. congratulations. it all worked out great. i'm just kidding, of course, because we realize that electing barack obama, which was so hard to do, amazing that what was it was the easy part. the hard work remains to be done. if we have learned one thing over the last year and a half, we have learned that democracy is not a spectator sport. the other thing we have learned is that by partisanship is not the way to fundamental change. [applause] bipartisanship has brought us a bailout. it has brought us the freedom from the burden of an affordable public option. it has also brought us an ongoing war i

arianna huffington.] he was going to be in charge of changing our financial system, the feeding special interests in washington, ending on necessary wars, congratulations, it has worked out great. [laughter] i am just kidding because we realize that surprising as is to hear about, electing barack obama which many of you thought worked -- was hard to do, amazing though it was and continues to become a was the easy part. the hard work remains to be done. if we have learned one thing of the last year-and-a-half, we have learned that democracy is not a spectator sport. the other think we have learned is that bipartisanship is not the way to fundantal change. [applause] so far, bipartisanship has brought us a long string of catastrophe. it has brought us the freedom from the burden of an affordab public option which is fantastic, isn't it? it has also brought us an ongoing war in afghanistan which is depleting our treasury and bring death to many of our sons and daughters. that is what bipartisanship has brou

speakers include auriana huffington and nt stern, former president of the service employees international union. it is like, starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> c-span, our public affairs coen

he's a former boston globe recorder, on the "the huffington post," which you've also wwitten forr >> prior to that says that manye are so disappointing things -- he says you're both hardcore libeeall. put all thht into context for us. >> i'm not sure hhw to put it into context. gary and i had long arguments about this. gary wrote a book about this called "the perfect villain" in which he tried to make the argument that jack abramoff was wrongly accused, shouldn't have gone to jail, and fundamentally didn't do anything terribly wrong. and i just disagree. in terms of was it objective or balanced, i think you have to say that, you know, a lot of sides were represented in this. tom delay is interviewed for the film. bob ney is interviewed for the film. neil volz is interviewed for the film. i went out to the marianas. pue schmidt, who helped to break the whole monica lewinsky scandal is interviewed for the film. this is not like a packet of liberals ganging up on republicans. it's just the opposite. it's actually more or less from the inside-out of the republican party. and i did i thin

huffington. on c-span2, can the peace process be saved in the wake of the gaza flotilla? live at 9:30 p.m. eastern. this afternoon, senator richard lugar holds a news conference to talk about his proposal for an energy and climate bill, talking about cap-and-trade, greenhause gases, and dependence on foreign oil. the news conference is live at 2:15 p.m. on c-span 3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david drucker coversr congress druckeroll call," -- david drucker covers congress for "roll call." clearly the oil spill -- what impact will this have on what congress wants to get done? guest: i want to find out if harry reid's call to his committee chairman over the memorial day break that he wants the kennedy bill on the floor before everyone hightails it, if that will be a reality or whether there be a flurry of activity around the climate change bill beginning today. most of us in washington consider that bill or anything like it, dead. remember, the house passed something like last year.

speakers include auriana huffington and stern. that is live starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. monday, efforts to expand broadband to oregon and how the expansion would affect all rural state's zeroth also, -- states. also, carol hevey of time warner cable. a town hall meeting in baker's bill, california. it was part of a new initiative -- a result, california. it was part of a new initiative by republicans, aim to solicit opinions throw website and other high-tech means. this was an hour and 45 minutes. >> thank you all for coming. the district is quite vague. it goes from los angeles county all the way to ridgecrest -- quite big. it goes all the way from los angeles county to ridgecrest. to start out our meeting, i would like to call out angela to lead us in prayer. come on up. you can stand if you like. if you would join me in prayer. our heavenly father, we thank you. now we ask that you give our elected representatives strength, courage, and wisdom to do the things that serve the people. most especially, we ask that you protect the men and women who are

host: russ eisenbray is a contributor to the huffington post website.o is the former press secretary to president bush. please come back again we had hoped that the state senator would join us to talk about the arizona emigration law. we hope to reschedule him for another day. we will take a short break and look at the events of the past week. . . . >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're going to open our phone lines. it is a chance for you to talk about the news of this past week or look ahead to the week ahead. we will have the nomination hearings getting underway tomorrow for elena kagan to root so -- to replace the social justice john paul stevens. there is an article about elena kagan, known for her keen intellect and her ability to reach across the aisle. it is not enough to confirm or as the next supreme court justice? there is another story "kagen is unqualified to sit on the u.s. supreme court." ted poe says elena kagan has never been a judge, never seen the courtroom from the bench, never had the judge's responsibility, never instructe

one is that an account which recently appeared in the huffington post called aegis's charm offensive -- are you familiar with that? and adjust the title -- >> just the title. >> it says a corrective action request was considered re garding aegis. do you have knowledge of that? some of the individual -- >> the individual was a u.s. military individual who was part -- who was actually disgruntled, if i may say so. i think it was referring to that. the quote was -- itw as african -- it was at the convenience of the government and had nothing to do with our performance. >> what did it require? >> it said we would terminate the support contract at the convenience of the government last june. >> can you provide the commission with full documentation about what led up to that notice? >> yes, i believe i have, but i can do so again. >> finally, i have one minute. how generous. there is been a number of -- the head of the aegis group in england and the co-founder of triple canopy. >> i do not think he is the co- founder of triple ghannouchi. -- canopy. >> he has nothing to do with triple cano

over the weekend, ariana huffington dubbed mr. obama "the nowhere man." charles joining us from springfield, massachusetts. good morning. caller: i was thinking that what is going on right now is sort of a reflection of what went on at kyoto. it seems as though america is being challenged by these emerging powers. you have the situation in north korea where we are completely reliance on the chinese. and the situation with iran, some of these shifting alliances and up having influence in afghanistan. but the thing that struck me this morning is this situation with israel. i lived there in the 1990's and i'm interested in absolutely how polarized people are that, you know, that israel doesn't bargain in good faith, return to the 1967 borders. everyone takes sort of an line. ve tist i think a lot of is right now, i think it will be interesting to see where the israeli politics shakeout, whether people support netanyahu. but i think you could make an but i think you could make an argument that, you know, the bush administration pushed for this idea of democra

he may haveaken the movon.org or huffington talking pnts and read them. sounded like he had andhe president had as well. then janet napolitano, secretary of the department of homand security, who's charged with heading up the office that enforces immigration law, the former governor ofrizona, who shld have focused on that bill -- well, governor january brewer hould have focus odd that bill re. know she did. enat payers, i know he did. t janet politano, a former governor arizona and now the sretary of homeland surity had not read the bill but still made public stements that implied,t a minimum, that it wouldring about profiling of people in arizona and disagreed with the law. and when john mccain point blanked hebefore the senate hearing, she had to ait s hadn't read the bill either. the president dn't read the bill eiter that or he misinformed the american people. we know eric holder didn't read theil he admitted to that under oa. we know that janet napolitano didn't read the bill. she admitt to that under the oath. michael posner he was joe oraged that h

she is a contributor to the huffington post, "the daily caller," and politico.as written for "the national review." for research focuses primarily on the election trends, young voters, political parties, and education policies. she has been published in the american journal of research for campaign finance refoom. after that, dave is the intrrpid researcher who reports the real america about what the strange creatures called conservatives are about. for three years, his reporting focused on the american conservative movement. he has covered the remaking of the american right for the washington independent. his work has appeared in "usa today," "the american conservative," and "phoenician." finally, he needs the introduction, thomas of "the new york times." keys to hang his hat at "the atlanta.. he is the author of "privileged ." he is the film reviewer for "the -pnational review." that is where i sometimes hang my hat as well. i wwll handed over to christian, who will be going first. >> my primary position is looking at the data. the media portrayal of the tea p