host: kevin madden, also on the cable shows. please come back. when we come back, we'll talk about health care, get an update from david brucker, and then we'll talk to tom price, congressman from georgia. "washington journal" continues on this sunday, july 26. we're back in a moment. g&)ç6o0wj >> tonight, harvard law professor henry louis gates jr. from a 2006 discussion. 10 p.m. eastern on c-span's "book tv." >> today at 9:00 p.m., conservative author harry stein talks about his book "i can't believe i'm sitting next to a republican" on "after words." one of many books you'll find on c-span 2's "book tv." "q&a" tonight. susan jacoby and the house american activity hearings at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> join the conversation on civil rights and race relations with npr and fox news analyst juan williams, live, sunday august 2 at noon eastern, on "book tv's" in-depth, on span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to turn our attention to the issue of health care. congressman tom price is going to be joining us in jus

james carville and kevin madden are standing by. >>> and u.s.in afghanistan are deeply concerned about how things are going there right now. we'll talk with the award-winning journalist, bob woodward of "the washington post," he's just back from afghanistan. introducing the all new chevy equinox. with an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon. and up to 600 miles between fill ups. it's the most fuel efficient crossover on the highway. better than honda cr-v, toyota rav4 and even the ford escape hybrid. the all new chevy equinox. >>> you're in "the situation room," happening now, disturb ing of racism. some officers accused of posting bigoted rants on the website and the lawsuit alleges the department allows it to happen. >>> the house intelligence committee is set to investigate whether the cia broke the law. barbara starr has an in depth report on counterterrorism and how far the u.s. is willing to go. >>> and patients with incurable diseases getting better after traveling abroad for some highly controversial stem cell therapy. some doctors say it's

. >> kevin madden,let me bring you in here.et's take a look "time" magazine's cover, "the renegade," sarah palin. you were with mitt romney in e lastrace and clearlif he dedes to run again, i would suspect you would be with h again. how much of a proble is sarah palin fothe moiitt romn the tiwlenties, for oer candidates will have this non-govern, once july 26th roaround, she has no one to answer to, any obligations, legal or otherwise to run the state of alaska, she's aree agent be roaming the coy, drumming up support, showing up and drumming up big crowds and moy. >> well, i think that's where lot of the republicans acss the country seeer vae. that she's going to beble to help build the party up from the grassroots. if the rty's going toucceed in 2010 and 2012, we'll haveto focuon our infrastructure and making sure that that nexus of washington and reblican party apparas in the states workin so i think rah palin is probably going to -- i don't thanybody is really looking at 12 rightnow. those decisio aren't going to be made. w

kevin madden served as press secretary for mitt romney. and both our republican strategists. and then liz chatterdon is a president of the chatterdon group and a democratic strategist and martin hutchinson is a correspondent for breakingviews.com. so, should the president's men and women be concerned about the president's falling numbers in ohio? let's first talk about the president's poll numbers in ohio. liz, you are changing your head. i was thinking you'd have a big old apology for obama. go ahead. >> it's not a big old apology, it's three years until any poll numbers coming out of ohio matter. the president was just elected. sure, we're going to see some fluctuations in poll numbers, because that jobless rate is not pretty. and as long as we stay at 9.5%, the recession is going to stay in place. it's not over yet. people are still losing their jobs, and they're angry about it. they have every right to be angry about it. but the president's approval ratings in ohio make no difference as to whether or not the president is going to change his direction, and they certainly d

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i think we better think about this a little more, bombs away to me, maybe. >> james carville, kevin maddenome new decisions about michael jackson's estate and his trust may be decided during an important hearing on monday. we'll look ahead to the tough chois choices with a judge who knows a lot about celebrity custody battles. >>> and unfolding plans for michael jackson to fill a huge arena one last time. >>> on our political ticker, attorney general eric holder is having emergency oral surgery to remove cracked tooth. holder's spokesman says he doesn't know how it happened but he says the attorney general went to the dentist this morning in pain. holder was told to get the tooth removed immediately, so he has canceled his plans for a public appearance in colorado. >>> well, it may be one of the tougher decisions president obama has made. he was asked to choose who was the better basketball player, l.a. lakers' superstar kobe bryant or retired chicago bulls legend michael jordan. well, the basketball fan in chief didn't flinch. he tells associated press it's his fellow chicagoan jordan han

here kevin madden says, the white house has misread the national mood.em is not that they did not bend the curve, or did not celebrate, the problem is that the national mood has changed since the president was elected. back then the mood was that changes for the good, but what altered or the full implications of the financial crash. guest: that is right. around september 2008 the country went through the idea that they wanted to hit reset, essentially challenge the status quo. they did so by electing someone with very little experience, but someone who had developed a compelling case that there were unlike anything washington had seen before. that was president obama. at that time there was a lot of anxiety about the coming. that turned into a lot of anger when you looked at many of the bailout for aig and bonuses. now i think that the american mood has turned to cynicism. because they do not see -- they see that this president is somewhat inexperienced and has failed to to launch the status quo and has instead seemed to become a conventional democrat. h

. >> on sundays "washington journal" political strategist kevin madden and steve mcnair on the news ofsentative tom price on health care and the u.s. economy. after that, and economic -- after that, an economics writer talks about the economic outlook. "washington journal" live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on news makers this week, house democratic whip james clybourn discusses the politics behind the health care debate and whether the president of the right approach on the health çcare -- on health care. good i think he did the right thing in saying to congress, you work your will. here is a place holder, i think around $634 billion, a place holder. you will flush this out. that is recognizing the role of the congress. a lot of people said he can do more. maybe it would. i am very pleased with what he has done. and i think that so much of what the problem is has got to do with the regional differences that we have within our caucus. you've got a caucus where the southeast and the northwest are pretty much on the same page when it comes to reimburse their rates. and you h

cnn political contributor the democratic strategist donna brazile and the republican strategist kevin madden now numbers just out today, donna, our cnn opinion research corporation poll. take a look at these contrasts between -- we asked the question, is president obama a strong leader? back in february, 80% said yes. now down to 70%. is he tough enough? back in february, 83% said yes. 64% said yes now. and does he have a clear plan for the country? in february 64% said yes. 53% said now. i see a trend there that the white house may not be happy. >> i think the white house should be satisfied right now that things seem to be leveling off from the astronomical numbers that he started off with. but, wolf, it's the economy. people are dissatisfied. they're worried. they're worried about their own standards of living, jobs, health care. part of the problem with the president's numbers right now is that people are just worried sick. >> if his numbers are going down, i don't see any evidence numbers of republicans are going up. do you, kevin sf. >> not yet. i think with those numbers presents an o

tomorrow we will have a discussion about politics with kevin madden and steve mcmamhon. we will talk about health care in the economy with tom price. and we will have an economic writer from the new york times. he will talk about the state of the u.s. economy. that is tomorrow starting at 7:00. we will see you then. . race and the american criminal justice system, with sandra day o'connor and how furred law professor a 24 louis gates jr.. later today on suspense america and the boards. on newsmakers, james cliburn get his thoughts on the rest of harvard professor louis gates jr.. >> we can be no more or less what our heritage allow us to be. the police officer in this was responding to a call. if this was a neighbor calling what was the neighbors role in all of this? the neighbor have been -- may have been overreacting. the police officers seem to have a record that was admirable and it seems to me to be a good guy. there have been times when i have overreacted. it is just human nature. >> you can see this entire interview on newsmakers, sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-