The health care bill clears passage in the House, Larry Mantle talks with Carly Fiorina about her bid for U.S. Senate, and David Plouffe tells about his experience as Barack Obama's campaign manager in the historic 2008 presidential race. Later, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen discusses the politics of genocide.
House (narrowly) passes sweeping health care plan
Late Saturday night the House of Representatives narrowly passed its 1,990 page bill to overhaul health care. The bill creates a government-run health insurance option. The major concession? Abortions will not be covered by any insurance plan that receives federal dollars. Now it's on to the Senate. What political battles lie ahead? Will the Senate be able to pass any bill, let alone one resembling the House's?
Guests:
Chris Frates, Politico reporter
Naftali Bendavid, Wall Street Journal reporter
Carly Fiorina runs for Senate
Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina has announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate. Before she can challenge Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer though, she must defeat State Assemblyman Chuck Devore of Irvine in the Republican primary. Larry Mantle talks with Fiorina about her Senate bid.
Guest:
Carly Fiorina, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. She was chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1999-2005.
David Plouffe: Obama's campaign manager
David Plouffe not only engineered the campaign that propelled Barack Obama into the presidency but also designed the historic grassroots movement that some believe changed the face of American politics forever. In his new book “The Audacity to Win,” Plouffe tells how the Obama for America campaign started with no money, one office, a bare-bones staff and an extraordinary candidate and how he crafted and implemented their unprecedented plan for victory.
Guest:
David Plouffe, author of “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory” (Viking)
The politics of genocide
In his new book “Worse than War,” Daniel Jonah Goldhagen does for genocide what he did from the Holocaust in his first best-seller, “Hitler’s Willing Executioners.” The author argues that we shouldn’t see genocides as mysterious aberrations of human behavior but rather as powerful political tools that can be dealt with through effective political action and policy. To fully understand and address the issue of genocide, Goldhagen believes we need to tackle the root causes, beliefs and policies that make mass annihilation of one people by another acceptable.
Guest:
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of “Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Outgoing Assault on Humanity” (Public Affairs)