letterman or she is on some websites attacking someone else. she is not going to rise to international leadership that way. some governors -- >> it is okay to have a sigh of relief. [laughter] not that i have any political prejudice. >> if the republican primaries were held 6 months from now, my guess is mitt romney would win. >> then you have the genius of barack obama in appointing the governor of utah to be ambassador to china and thus removing one of his, perhaps, main rivals. >> someone from the west who was calling for a different kind of republican party. john mccue, secretary of the army, jim leach, republican congressman from iowa, national endowment for the -- congressman from illinois, secretary of transportation, this is from the same thing i am thinking of. our friend rahm emanuel -- >> mid ronny running the campaign around the country, the same candidates to learn, this was his pride and joy, finding the right person to unseat the wrong person. [talking over each other] >> exactly. sacrificing pieces left and right. let's say you

i guarantee you that letterman would have been out there the following day.ost: here is another message from twitter about the media. the supreme court watch this week, we take the final release coming out this week. the washington post has this photo of a judge sotomayor meeting with senators. the headline says that most americans want her on the court. the poll indicates that 62% think that the federal judge should be confirmed by the senate. this is an abc news poll in conjunction with "the washington post." in the philadelphia paper, sotomayor role feels interest in a court battle. it concerns the new haven connecticut firefighters. it says that new haven through out a set of it 2003 promotion exams because not enough minority candidates qualify. a group of 20 firefighters, one hispanic and the rest white, alleged reverse discrimination and said. the controversy has taken on added significance because the supreme court nominee was on the appeals panel that ruled for new haven. the supreme court is due to rule tomorrow on this case. the sotomayor . will br

but i saw paris hilton on david letterman last night and people were like you were extraordinary, forat? laughter, and i think it's subjective, the whole view but don't mistake -- i think too often we mistakes of the credit for extraordinary and that is unfair to all but concerned. go ahead, paul, what do you think? >> i think if you go through the book and read carefully any number of the people you could say why don't they drop their job and go to another, why do they stay with a miserable job and there's no easy answer to that. there's also some business executives and others that are by no means favorably treat in their own words. you know, they actually think highly of themselves, but the reader doesn't think they do very much with their hands coming to his or her own conclusion and studs was taking a straight on. you never have this sense of studs talking town or engaging in false uplifting and i am hoping not to have done that through my editing process and i will think harvey did that either. there is inclination to those underrepresented and this also comes from my social his

. >> i'll have these two fine men hold up their books like they do on letterman. >> are you doing the monologue. >> i might, yeah. i'm more like ed mcmahon. >> welcome to the 25th annual 2009 "chicago tribune" printers row list. we would like to give a thanks to our partners just a few notes before we begin out of today's program out of courtesy turn off your cell phone. flash photography will not be permitted. it will be broadcast live on c-span's book tv. if there's time at the end for a question and answer session with the author we ask you to use the microphone located at the center of the room so that the home viewing audience can hear your question. if you'd like to watch this program again, note that coverage will be re-aired saturday evening beginning at 10:00 pm central standard time. please welcome our moderator rick kogan of the "chicago tribune." >> hi there. [applause] >> look at these clapping trying to curry favor with me. jeff, i want to start with you. in that you didn't really go searching for this book. this book kind of found you, did it not? >> yeah, i think that'

governor palin and her 14-year-old daughter had attended a yankee game and david letterman did a totally inappropriate joke about them. last year david shuster made an inappropriate comment about chelsea clinton. the president of nbc apologized and suspended shuster from the network. the palin family received a belated apology a week later. i hope the host realizes that children should not be the targets of sexually charged jokes or do we allow the unacceptable to become the acceptable? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, i rise today to protect the doctor-patient relationship. president obama and many congressional democrats have been pushing for government-run health care. looking at the results of government-run plans across the world, it's a mistake we simply cannot afford. government-run health care will be bad for doctors, bad for patients and bad for the tax