Arkin, as well as Jennifer Bendery, the political reporter or huff post. Thank you both for joining us today. Guest thanks for having us. Host the latest news was last night, the race in montana for the open congressional seat, opened up by ryan sinking what does it tell us, if anything, about the broader state of politics right now . Guest i think you cannot take too many lessons away from the special election just because of the special circumstances in montana. Montana is interesting when it comes to congressional elections. It was much closer than the election in 2016. Things have moved closer. Most democrats in d. C. Predicted the results about what we saw last night. A single digit loss, not a particularly close race. I think thats how republicans saw it, too. I do not think the incident earlier this week a big chunk of the votes came in before the incident. But people in both parties would caution against reading too much into a special election. Host House Speaker paul ryan sai
Too many lessons away from the special election just because of the special circumstances in montana. Montana is interesting when it comes to congressional elections. It was much closer than the election in 2016. Things have moved closer. Most democrats in d. C. Predicted the results about what we saw last night. A single digit loss, not a particularly close race. I think thats how republicans saw it, too. I do not think the incident earlier this week a big chunk of the votes came in before the incident. But people in both parties would caution against reading too much into a special election. Host House Speaker paul ryan said he thought there should be an apology, and there was an apology by Greg Gianforte take last night. Talk about the reaction to this. Ncident reactions i saw were largely in one of two cap spirit they were lawmakers saying that should not happen. Really hould never that you should never physically assault a reporter, obviously. Was a reaction of jokes about body sl
Susan our guest of this weeks newsmakers is congressman luke messer of indiana. He is part of the House Leadership Team and chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. We have him with us for the next 25 minutes. Let me introduce you to reporters who ask you questions. Shivone. James arkin covers congress for real clear politics. We start out and i want to ask you a question about senator john mccain who had a serious diagnosis this week. In 2008, you are cochair of his indiana president ial campaign which give you special perspective on senator ccain. What is the impact of his absence on the policy agenda for republicans in congress . Rep. Messer john mccain is an american hero. There are times he says things i agree with another times he says things i do not agree with. No one ever questions his patriotism, his dignity, whether he is somebody who loves his country. He has literally given blood, sweat, and tears to the cause. First we think about john mccain and his health. Beyond th
A Book Release Party for carl cannon of your chief for politics his book provides a history on the United States through 365 events for each day of the calendar year. [inaudible conversations] as soon as it went off [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is for booktv. I dont know if this helps sell books or not. [inaudible conversations] thertheres a movie coming out t this. [inaudible conversations] it was after the Martin Luther king assassination. I thought there would be a signing. There will be. It [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is great. But the empire. You cant possibly read everything. We know that is not true grandbaby alert. Hello, michaela. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] you cant use these in your morning columns anymore . Sometimes we need more of that in journalism [inaudible conversations] you are on cspan [inaudible conversations
Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan 2. Announcer this week on q a, author and Real Clear Politics Washington Bureau chief carl cannon. He discusses his book on this date from the pilgrims to today, discovering america one day at a time. Brian carl cannon, your new book on this date from the pilgrims to today, discovering america one day at a time. What is it . Carl it is a snapshot, it is a morsel. Like tapas. A morsel each day from january 1 through december 31, an essay on something that happened in American History on that date that tells you something you may not know and gives you an understanding of this country you did not have. Brian how do people find it . Exactly how do they find it . Carl how do people find my book . Brian no, how did you find the essay topics . Carl i do something that relates to whatever is going on that day. I have been doing it for 5. 5 years now. It is just a rambling thing. Brian for somebody who is not real good on the internet, t