mark halperin? >> greta, we knew that one of the challenges of writing a book about politics in a state of age a lot of our political discourse to the media and politics directly has become very partisan. we're trying to write a book and we hope we did, that is not person. because there is nothing here that was not ever reported, not just the caller suggested about the democrats there's it stuff never report about the republicans. we are heartened by the fact that the book is received praise from people on the left and the right. john hannity said some very nice things about the book as did head shows that i think the strength of the book, the extent it has one in this realm, as we reported everything we could find that we thought was germane to telling the story about both parties, candidates in both parties, without fear of or favor and with an eye toward history and a looming what happened. not covering things up. there has been a concern, i was just a quickly, why wasn't the stuff report in real

and mark halperin's here., reverend al, you are now on the side of joe scarborough and tom tancredo. >> don't depress him. >> and be a bit nervous about a bill that allows people to be pulled over by police because of how they look. >> i think you and him are on the side of the angels. as a minister, we welcome converts. >> okay. very good. we're agreeing on a lot of things these days. educational reform. >> education. >> by the way, look what they're doing in illinois. >> it's a game changer. >> it's a game changer. look at illinois. there's a story in "the times" today, i think, about illinois is now aggressively going after school choice just like you're leading the charge up in harlem in the south bronx. >> i think that it's very clear that what has been happening in the past hasn't worked. and you've got to push the envelope. i gave president obama a lot of credit because he took on, as you have documented, what would be considered typical support groups to challenge that we need alternatives in education

and mark halperin.er of the white house council of economic advisers, austan goolsby. good to have you. >> international man of mystery. thanks for being here, austan. greatly appreciate it. we're going to ask him whether he's the one that pushes this back tax. >> what's that about? >> no. it's not about that. there's nothing about that. >> we'll get to it, because "new york times" john harwood yesterday reporting the white house considering a back tax. >> i think george will has an opinion about this that he wrote recently. >> as a republican, i'm scared to death they'll pass it because the back tax is going to be popular. the democrats, 50, 60, maybe 70 seats. raise taxes more. we're just ribbing you here. but we will actually let you respond in a second after mika does the news. it's good to have you here. >> it's great to see you guys. >> are you telling me the truth? >> yeah, i've never been in the studio before. this is nice. >> did you meet kenneth dupage? >> i don't think i'm going to answer tha

mark halperin? >> well, greta, we knew that one of the challenges of writing a book about politics in this day and age a lot of our political discourse through the media and in politics directly has become very partisan. and we were trying to write a book, and we hope we did, it's not partisan. i'm confident we did but there was stuff in here that was not reported not just as aheut the there was a lot not reported by the republicans. we're heartened by the fact the book has received praise from people on the left and the right. sean hannity said some very nice things about the book and so did ed schultz. and the extent that it has won in this realm is that we reported everything that we could find that we thought was germane without fear of or favor. and with an eye towards history and illuminating what happened. not covering things up. there has been a concern, i'll just say quickly that, you know, why wasn't this stuff reported in real time? you know, people aren't going to be forthcoming the way

did mark halperin?>> guest: we knew one of the challenges of writing a book on politics in this day and age was a lot of the political discourse through the media and politics directly has become partisan and we were trying to write a book and hope we did that wasn't a partisan because there is stuff in here that wasn't reported not just as the call suggested that the democrats but there's a lot that was never a report about the republicans. we are heartened by the fact the book has received praise from people on the left and right. shom hannity said nice things about the book as did it schultz, and i think the strength of the book, the extent it has one in this realm as we reported everything we could find that we thought was germane to telling the story about both parties, candidates in both parties without fear of war favor and with an eye towards history and eliminating what happened not covering things up. there has been a concern i will say quickly why wasn't as reported in real time? people are a

also syndicated columnist and contributor miguel perez, and mark happ mark halperin.e in a meeting with hispanic elected officials this afternoon. what was the reaction in the room when it was clear to everybody that the governor was going to sign that? >> we definitely got the cnn breaking news alert. it felt like a collective punch in the stomach to many of these hispanic republicans who were there. these are folks who have been working very hard within the republican party as elected officials to build the base and build the support. and it's not because immigration is the top issue, top of mind issues for latinos as much as it is we fear that the rhetoric around this debate is going to make it look as if it's anti-latino and it's coming from republicans. that's not the case. the case here you have a state of arizona that has been in a state of emergency, that needs action on the federal level and has taken an extreme measure that is a very poor choice. >> mark, leslie may be against this. the republicans she was with today may be against this. but you know who was

"time" magazine's mark halperin is the coauthor of the great book, "game change." times" andrew ross sorkin is author of "too big to fail." two giants on the show tonight, gentlemen, thank you for joining us. it seems to me that the president has finally got the accent right. he calls it wall street. he doesn't say financial regulation or all of these boring terms. he says, we've got to clean up wall street. we've got to stop them from stealing our money. he seems to get it right. on the other hand, the republicans, thanks to the linguist, frank z,

thank you, mark halperin.ave thoughts about america's image in the world which is getting better all the time. you're watching "hardball." new mousse temptations by jell-o. ♪ three decadent flavors. 60 calories. it's me o'clock. time for jell-o. >>> let me finish tonight with the good news. there's a new poll floating around that asked 30,000 people around the world what they think of our country. the good news is we won. after a bad spell and based on this pretty good sample, we're riding much higher of late. the bottom line? for the first time this poll, which has been taken for the past five years, has people saying america's influence in the world is more positive than ti

mark halperin?uest: we knew that one of the challenges about writing a book about politics these days is that a lot of the discourse through the media and directly has become a very partisan. we tried to write a book that is not partisan. i am confident we did. there is stuff that was not ever reported not just twhat the calleri] suggested by democrats, but about republicans. we are heartened that the book has received praise from people on the left and right. sean hannity said some very nice things about the book, as did ed schultz. we reported everything that we could find that we thought was germane to telling this story about both parties, candidates in both parties, without fear or favor and with an eye towards history and eliminating what happened, not covering things up. there has been a concern -- why wasn't this stuff reported in real time? people are not going to be forthcoming the way they were with us in the heat of the campaign. there are too busy and there is too much at stake. we went

booktv programming continues with mark halperin incheon high levin on their book, game change about the2008 presidential campaign. it is here on c-span2 at 7:00 p.m. eastern. at 8:00 p.m. professor nell irvin painter on the book, the history of white people. and former assistant secretary of education diane ravage talks about the effects of testing on schools and students. her book is the death and life of the great american school system. now new yorker editor at david remnick on his look, "the bridge" the life and rise of barack obama. he was interviewed for a little more than an hour at an event hosted by politics and prose bookstore. [applause] >> this is such a treat for me because david and i are old friends. we worked at "the washington post". you always knew when you wrote a particularly delicious piece of copy because david would send little notes and i still remember that years later. this book was so wonderful to dive into. most people in this room have read much about barack obama. and every chapter you learn new things about him but you will also learn much about this count