john avlon, thank you. thank you for coming. [applause] >> john avlon is a political columnist for the daily beast and a staffer and president clinton's 1996 reelection campaign and chief speechwriter for former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. to find out more, visit johnavlon.com. >>> we are at the annual cpac conference in washington, d.c.. we are talking to a christian of isi books. can you tell what were the biggest sellers of 2,009? >> whad the book econoclass on the supply-side economics. we also had a rendezvous with destiny by craig shirley, which is the history of the 1980 ronald reagan campaign for president. and we also had we still hold these truths by matt spaulding about restoring the principles of the constitution. >> and what do you have coming up in 2010? >> we have a biography of william f. buckley called the founder of the movement by lee edwards from the heritage foundation. we also have a book called whitaker chambers as a part of the library thinkers series by richard wright, and we have a book called si

book, "wingnuts" how low lamented fringes hijacking america, the least senior political columnist john avlon argues they're feeding a climate of piper partisanship. this event is at the strand in new york city. >> thanks so much for a team here tonight. we appreciate it. we have a great discussion lined up. i read the book a couple of times in preparation for this, and even though i do -- we should point out wingnuts of the week so it could be called wingnuts of the west. >> there's room for growth. >> even the wife known john a long time and we talk every week about the various wingnuts in this country, the book is just a terrific read because it explains the emergence of the wingnuts, gives the historical perspective and tells where we are going as a country with the lunatic fringe on the left and right begins to hijack the political process, and insists interest in the impact they make even though they represent a small percentage of the populations they have a very big megaphone. one thing i like to do, too, to keep the discussion flowing between us and between you his rhetoric and talk

john avlon it is great to see you. thank you all for coming. >> subtrees a senior political columnist for "the daily beast." he's a staffer in president clinton's 1996 campaign and chief speechwriter for former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. to find out more visit sub subthree.com. >> we are here at the conservative political action conference talking with david the truth about his new book, silent cal's almanac. >> the book is about her most silent president who was actually very quotable and what he did was to compress the wisdom of conservatism and americanism with a few well-chosen words primarily talking about something significant to this day, the importance of low marginal tax rates for creating investment, for creating prosperity, for making the american system worked for the average american, because when he was in vermont he saw how his father would collect tax money from people. he realized he came from ordinary people by the sweat of their brow and it should be collected wisely and no more than is absol