joining me now, katrina vanden heuvel. author of the book "change i believe in." congratulations on that. >> thank you, ed. >> all right. is this a turning point in any way, shape or form for the republicans, with newt being the front-runner right now? and this big stumble by mitt romney? your thoughts. >> i think it's too early to tell. we've seen bullets before. there's still time to take newt down some. i still think in iowa ron paul has a chance to come in first. has the best field to ground operation, may bring in new caucusgoers. for romney, that moment, i don't know if your viewers remember, when his father came back from vietnam in 1967, mitt romney's father, his father said, i was brainwashed. he was out of that race. the campaign ended. i don't know if the campaign ends for mitt romney. boy, is he clueless. $10,000 is one-fifth of the median income of an iowa family. he didn't know it. they're out of touch in general with the state of economic pain and problems in this country and the solutions they offer are from a reality show, a bad one. >> i want to

our thanks to katrina vanden h euvel, publisher of "the nation." [applause] we want to remind everybody that copies of her book are on sale in the lobby. she would be pleased to sign them. we aappreciate your allowing her to make her wait the lobby as quickly as possible. this meeting is adjourned. [applause] >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you i

our thanks to katrina vanden h euvel, publisher of "the nation." [applause] we want to remind everybody that copies of her book are on sale in the lobby. she would be pleased to sign them. we aappreciate your allowing her to make her wait the lobby as quickly as possible. this meeting is adjourned. [applause]