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. >> in the earlier bunch of clips that we showed from earlier "booknotes" maureen dowd was there and she talked of studying shakespeare and using a lot in her columns. she is talking about comparing karl rove to yargo. you can explain after, but let's listen to what she was saying. >> yargo in shakespeare is a fellow -- is a fellow's top military aide who keeps whispering in his ear saying that othello's wife has been unfaithful when she hasn't, because it serves his own purposes and she makes othello crazy and ends up killing his wife. >> why karl rove? >> well, karl rove is kind of -- they call it bush's brain, although i don't think that's fair. i think bush is bright, he's just a -- he's more malleable than his father because he hasn't studied up on foreign policy as much as his dad. karl rove i think he -- he was the one they found his computer disks or whatever and found out he intended -- he thought he could win majorities in congress by pushing the war. and so in the beginning of the book, karl rove is featured as someone who wants to use war for political purposes. >> what d

and you know, when i read t maureen dowd's column this week, she brought it home to me and brought homehatout the report. like the roman catholic church, penn state is an arront institution hiding behind its mystique. and sports, as my former fellow sports columnist at the washington star david israel says, it is an insular world that protects its own and operates outside of the societal norms as long as victors and cash continue to flow bountifully. penn state rakes in $70 million a year from its foball progm. that is what alleged toave happed at penn state. a conspiracy of silence protect their own. >> no, and i was actually listening to the penn state/nebraska game yesterday while i was doing some errands. d then i thought, this is really eerie. i'm listening to this football game, when you have something here that defies words. horrific, disgusting, abusive. and it makes you say that self-protection, institutional self-protection in these matters are always seen to win especially where powerless boys are concerned, 10-year-old boys are abused. so a penalty must be paid here. and the qu

. >> maureen dowd when she went through it was really dismissive of the race argument saying this ispower man, man in power, abusing his place in power. >> chuck, i don't know the details of what happened, and they are still sealed. i think we all feel like he should follow governor barbour's advice who as you pointed out in your interview is a pretty good political mind here, but there are a couple of things that in the long run hurt his candidacy. the first is -- and hurt the republicans. one is they are not talking about the economy this week. two, one could argue that last week mitt romney had perhaps the worst week of his campaign. >> particularly for conservatives. >> particularly for conservatives. >> the ohio issue when he didn't look like he was on the same side. >> and the ohio issue, first the foreclosure comment in nevada which i think really does hurt him in the state of nevada and other places as well, but the ohio issue which really was encapsulated, i think many people's concerns around romney so he was in a pretty bad place to begin, and then with this story, not onl

and you know, when i read maureen dowd's column this week, she brought it home to me and brought home what is so disturbing about the report. like the roman catholic church, penn state is an arrogant institution hiding behind its mystique. and sports, as my former fellow sports columnist at the washington star david israel says, it is an insular world that protects its own and operates outside of the societal norms as long as victors and cash continue to flow bountifully. penn state rakes in $70 million a year from its football program. that is what is alleged to have happened at penn state. a conspiracy of silence to protect their own. >> no, and i was actually listening to the penn state/nebraska game yesterday while i was doing some errands. and then i thought, this is really eerie. i'm listening to this football game, when you have something here that defies words. horrific, disgusting, abusive. and it makes you say that self-protection, institutional self-protection in these matters are always seen to win especially where powerless boys are concerned, 10-year-old boys are abused.

i want to read a quote now, don, from maureen dowd, she was writing this in the "new york times."he says, "like the roman catholic church, penn state is an arrogant institution hiding behind its mystique." so don, when you see these students and penn state reporters rallying behind joe paterno, do you see something that is wrong there? >> i don't think something that is wrong there other than the fact these students are look agent their lives a snapshot like today. unlike the roman catholic church, joe paterno has his faith because of the fans, the people around him, because he is an icon and something that we all look to for diversion. we all can go as fans and go enjoy the game of football and joe paterno holds a very special place at a program that also is very special in the way that's maintained, its sense of integrity and reputation over the years. >> there was an incident reported as far back as 1998 and 1999, one in 2002 and others, the athletic director knew, penn state reportedly generate $70 mall year. is that enough money to cover something like this? no there is no am

as maureen dowd noted in a recent column, who else could read war and peace turning the wisconsin primary? [laughter] her sway to learn the mona lisa to the u.s. the only time it's ever less friends and encourage white house just to scare french cuisine at state dinners better than either stew. in its editorial "the boston globe" praised caroline for publishing the world history examines treating her trust in the general public and posterity to judge these recordings for themselves. she's for many of us have talent night still astride webstar galloping through these troubled times on behalf of the cause is her parents believed in, not the least of which is an appreciation of history. much is revealed caroline writes in the foreword to the new book by her mother's statement, told in the same can be said that the decision to publish this oral history of a daughter that jacqueline kennedy race so well. ladies and gentlemen, caroline kennedy. [applause] [applause] >> thank you all for coming. and thanks to the staff of the library and foundation for the stewardship and tremendous care and edu

host: maureen dowd has a column today and the lasting power of hurricaherman cain.st: unlike other points of the campaign, where somebody has a rise in the polls, it is not confirmed with positive intensity. for almost every week with the exception of one or two weeks, mr. cain has held the highest court in positive intensity. other candidates with a lead -- the more people got to know the candidate, the more its trail. he has been able to drive up his name i.d. that is a formula for a lasting power. host: you apparently donated to moronic in 2008 -- you donated to mitt romney. ofst: there weren't a lot choices that, in my opinion. i like the factory was a business guy. mr. cain was not in the race that or my choice would have been different. we both support governor romney. i thought that he brought some things to the table than. but i think there's a clear contrast between the two candidates in terms of what they stand for. a difference in their business experience and their problem- solving. host: rich lowrie, thank you for talking to our viewers. coming up, we'l