We will talk about it on the phone. We go to arizona flagstaff, and believe me sometimes it gets pretty heated but we talk about the elections all over, even in kentucky. Got you. Thank you. I think there are a lot of political reforms that could potentially encourage more people to think about running for office. As far as term limits are concerned, we have elections every two years. If we could get more people to run for office, the elections could serve as term limits. But whats important and the argument we are trying to make in the book is that young people who are not that well versed about politics who dont necessarily know the specifics about different policies are still not at all interested in running for office thats because of a broader sense that it is not a way to get things done or to solve problems and not noble. So thats the challenge i think. It is not about specific changes to the system, which certainly couldnt hurt but it is about casting a wider net, letting young
Then we close out may at book expo america in new york city where the Publishing Industry show cases upcoming books. First week of june, live for the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Thats this spring on cspan2s book tv. Jennifer lawless is the coauthor of the book running from office, why Young Americans are turned off to politics. On washington journal we talked to her about involvement of young people in politics. This is 45 minutes. Our guest, coauthor of a book running from office why Young Americans are turned off to politics. Jennifer lawless joins us. Good morning. Good morning. Why is the turnoff happening . There are several reasons, but ultimately because politics are ugly, theres hyper partisanship stalemate young people want to go save communities think about every option rather than running for office. Is that because theyre not exposed to politics or theres not interest from them to get into politics . It is interesting. For a long time there was a sense Young Amer
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Good morning. Stephanie great reviews on your debate review yesterday. The main question was, oh my god, where did jacki get that shirtdress thing. It was fabulous. I thought they were going to ask where i got the boots that matched yours . Stephanie yeah, we have to communicate better. Here she is now my bff. Good morning, everybody. President obama is following up a great debate performance with a rally in del ray, florida today. They are handing out a block called blueprint for the future. There is a new tved a to go along with it. Obama were not there yet but we have made Real Progress and the last thing we should do is turn back now. Here is my plan for the next four years. The president s plan including prioritizing building up our manufacturing, asking the wealthiest to pay a little more. Afghanistan is just one of the issues that came up in last nights debate where mitt romney didnt seem to disagree with the president all that much. Youll here paul ryan speak this morning and t
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