he challenged nancy pelosi for the democratic leadership. he lost. average age of house democratic leaders, by-b, by the way, 66 y old. squaring off friday, the party gets set to elect a new chairperson in february. it joining me, campaign director forecenter for american progress action fund, and michelle, look at leadership in the house right now. is it more important that you look at geography or values? great question. i would say maybe more important to look at message. we re in a season of creative destruction in the democratic party now. an organization hit by a huge epic loss and the stunning breach of their e-mail system. to me, this three-month period we ll be sorting out a leader of the dnc, creative destruction. can they find a way to fuse a
thursday? she replies on monday. for the rest of your life people will say, reese witherspoon played her in the movie. tell us what it was like working with reese. it was extraordinary. when she called me that monday morning and we had this long conversation, what i wanted to know from her is why she wanted to bring this book to screen. what rang true to her as a human? she was very open to me, very passionate by-b why she was the person to play me in the movie. she said to me, i pledge to you i will protect you and honor your story. she s done that beautifully in the film. sounds like you are interviewing her for the right to do your movie, rather than the other way around. you know i was. i actually was. i wouldn t have just handed over my book to anyone. i sent it to reese because i thought she was an extraordinary actress, i sensed her authenticity behind her roles