adio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current s morning news block. well it doesn t come out until june. there is nothing salacious, we don t think, at least in the excerpts released so far but the new david moranous biography of president obama has got washington buzzing. the blogs were all about it today. here to discuss that and the obama re-election campaign is joe williams white house correspondent for politico. joe, welcome. hi. nice to be here. yeah. nice to have you inside the war room, political jumpingie that you are junkie that you are, we are glad to get your insight. your website is calling this yet to be published book dangerous. why? that s because in a white house and a re-election campaign, you don t want any surprises. you want your narrative tightly controlled. you want to be able to introduce the public or reintroduce you in this case if you are president obama, to the public on your own terms. the book actuall
there is nothing politicians like less than events not under their control. president obama, baring in the low of the one year anniversary of the death of obama. accord and he gets a wildcard. the blind china he s dissident, chen guangcheng. first chen took refuge in beijing after esc caping house arrest and then agreed to a u.s.-backed deal to stay in china. now, he rejected that deal and says he wants to leave his country and he is worried that the u.s. is abandoning him. chen s plight is now grist for the presidential campaign and presumptive g.o.p. mitt romney is calling out president obama. this is a dark day for freedom, and it s a day of shame for the obama administration. we are a place of freedom here and around the world, and we should stand up and defend freedom wherever it is under attack. [applause.] here to discuss that wildcard and the other top stories from the obama war room is ben leebolt, campaign spokesman for the obama campaign. he joins us from chica