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Occupy Wall Street gaining strength – could this be the beginning of a new political movement?
The "Occupy Wall Street" campaign, which began September 17th, has spread across the country. Many are saying this could be the making of a new political movement, possibly the liberal verison on the Tea Party movement.
At this point the "Occupy Wall Street" movement doesn't have one clear mission statement, but that hasn't stopped people from wondering if, with fresh union support, if the protests will turn into something more.
On American Morning this morning, Georgetown University history professor Michael Kazin talks with Carol Costello about what it would take to turn the energy in these crowds into a political movement.
Does our country have "trouble with men"?
Women are succeeding more in their work life and getting married later, but this isn't a good thing for men. Bill Bennett says that men thrive off marriage, doing better in work and often behave better. In his new book "The Book of Man," Bill Bennett uses stories, essays, historical vignettes and contemporary profiles to explore what it means to be a man.
He says that the messages that our country sends men are confusing and the unified message if what a man should be has been broken up. Bennett explains to Christine Romans on why he says America has "trouble with men"
The geography of pain: the best state to be in during a recession
Ron Brownstein has a new article out today in The National Journal called "The Geography of Pain".
It's a 50-state economic report card on President Obama using newly released Census data. Brownstein says we are facing a "continent-sized storm". He says "the states hit by the economic crisis are also the ones that President Obama may need the most to win re-election." Many saying that if the President asked the country if they were better off now than yfour years ago, he would get a resounding "no" from some pretty key battleground states.
Also, Florida will be moving up the date of their Republican primary, trying to get out after South Carolina. With Florida being the state to watch, who does this effect the most?
Ron Brownstein talks to American Morning about where President Obama stands going into this election season.
Jeffrey Toobin: The government 'doesn't look broken to me'
As part of our In Depth: Broken Government series, Jeffrey Toobin writes that what looks like a fractured political system is really just America struggling to always agree while disagreeing, which is often neither possible nor desirable in a democracy. He says that there are just no right answers in government anymore.
Toobin says groups like No Labels don't get it. Labels matter and the middle of the road isn't always where you should be. Democrats and Republicans have principled differences. It's not broken, it's struggling.
Jeffrey Toobin talks to American Morning about why he insists there are no "right answers" in government.
Broken government: What needs to be done to turn it around?
All week, CNN has gone in-depth to look at America's broken government. Political analyst David Gergen believes that the moderate center is being hollowed out, as voters take more extreme stances and old civic ties fade.
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, suggests that Congress should suspend elections for 2 years so members stop thinking about getting re-elected and start working together to find solutions for the country. Navarette uses this as a bouncing point in his CNN.com piece that gives ten reasons as to why our government is broken.
David Gergen and Ruben Navarrette join American Morning today to talk about why they describe the government as broken and what the government and the American people need to do to put it back together again.
Political panel: Is there any chance that Chris Christie will enter the presidential race?
Last night, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivered a speech entitled "Real American Exceptionalism" at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, putting more spotlight on the continued push for him to enter the presidential race.
The speech sounded like one that would be given by a presidential candidate, but after the speech Christie said not once, but twice, that he was not planning on running.
Today on American Morning, CNN contributor and senior political columnist at Newsweek/Daily Beast John Avlon and Politico's Maggie Haberman sit down with Ali Velshi to weigh in on why there is so much support for Christie to run and to discuss if he would stand a chance against Obama.
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