Rise on the wealthiest households while protecting the vast majority of americans from tax hikes set to hit in january. Welcome to the saturday edition of and the washington journal. For the first 45 minutes of the program we are going to be talking about senate negotiating a fiscal clifts deal, what has been going on on that half of the capital. See what they are talking about and how things are going. We want to get your input and your part of the conversation. You can reach out to us on twitter. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. And you can send us an email. This is more from the article, the lead story in the washington post. They ride, the development marked a breakthrough after weeks of paralysis. Joining us by phone is one of the authors of that article, and, laurie, welcome to the program. Tell us, what kind of a deal did the president offered . What is new in the negotiations among the senators and between the senators and the white house . Caller there does not appear to be anyt
how would you define the permanent campaign? it can be defined broadly or narrowly. it is the extent we the president focuses on the electoral concerns in his term in office. so i focus mostly on presidential fund-raising, on dedication to the key electoral state in office, and the nature of electoral decision making within the white house itself in the recent administrations. some people look at the permanent campaign more broadly. you can look at the polling operations and efforts to sway the public opinion. but my focus is on the electoral questions the presidents contract and how the deal with it. so when we see president obama were president bush standing a lot of time in florida and in ohio, that right there is the key? right. what sparked the idea for this book is president bush s first term, president george w. bush, the time he spent in ohio, florida, pennsylvania, and you can certainly find examples of presidents attending to the electoral concerns, but i