host: patrick howley.uest: i have not heard of him but it is possible to write -- run for president as a write -in. he actually got some votes when this guy used to do it. i am all in favor of having a third party in this country. i am sympathetic to a lot of the things that ross perot was talking about in his campaign in terms of economic protectionism and that kind of thing. i think you really changed the landscape. he was not able to parlay that into having a third-party in this country, and ralph nader did not have any success. all he did was inflame the left by helping out gore lose, but i think when you have a two-party system and you have the choice between jeb bush and hillary clinton, which is what it looks like it will be based on donors arranging ahead of time that those are going to be the candidates, i think you have a lot of people feeling shut out of the process and a lot of people looking around saying well, who other people making this decision? it seems like there are a few rich guys in j

and they conversation with patrick howley about the republican agenda in congress and the race for presidential nomination. washington journal on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this sunday on q and a senior editor andrew ferguson on the gop presidential candidates for 2016 and what voters are looking for in a candidate. >> they want somebody who looks like he has stood up for them. i am amazed at the degree to which primary voters on both sides are motivated by resentment. and the sense of being put upon. those people really do not understand us. here is a guy who understands us and is going to stick it to them. that happens on both sides. hillary clinton will give her own version. i do not think that was actually true 30 years ago. resentment has always been part of politics, obviously. but the degree to which it is almost exclusively the motivating factor in committed republicans and democrats. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> next, a conversation with freshman congressman will hurd of texas. he previously served in the cia. this is 25 minutes. host: congressman will hurd from

and they conversation with patrick howley about the republican agenda in con

then we will talk with patrick howley about the 2016 presidential nominations.washington journal," live from the daily caller on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on c-span networks. on c-span2's book tv, on saturday 10:00 p.m. eastern president of americans for tax reform grover norquist says americans are tired of the irs. sunday night at 8:00, author susan butler on president frank when roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span3, on lectures in history, university of virginia college at wise professor jennifer murray on changes from the reconstruction era to present. in some afternoon at 1:00, we are live from appomattox courthouse commemorating the 150th anniversary of the correct -- the confederate surrender. next, a conversation with freshman congressman will hurd of texas. the is the first african-american congressmen to represent texas since reconstruction, and previously served in cia. this is 25 minutes. congressman will hurd from

and then a conversation with patrick cowley -- howley. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ host: good morning. it's thursday, april 9, 2015. we begin our program discussing the boston marathon bomber trial and a 30 guilt or -- guilty verdicts ended by the -- handed down by the jury yesterday. the jury is now set to decide whether so car tsarnaev should be put to death. and we put those questions to you in the first