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Budget expert Michael Linden asks whether Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time? Analyst Elaine Kamarack on the Democrats lock on the electoral college. And Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa talks with Bill Press.

Michael Linden is managing director for economic policy at the Center for American Progress who argues that focusing on the deficit hurts economic growth. Centrist Democrat Elaine Kamarck applies old lessons from her party to the current Republican Party; namely, party unity gets in the way of figuring out the best policies for winning moderate voters. And Bill Press talks with Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii.

Michael Linden

Progressive budget expert Michael Linden tells us something obvious – that Congress can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He urges lawmakers  to stop letting budget issues get in the way of programs that would help the economy.

http://www.americanprogress.org

Elaine Kamarck

Centrist Democratic political analyst Elaine Kamarck says Democrats may have an electoral lock on the presidency, and she thanks a Republican -- former California Governor Pete Wilson -- for that.

http://www.democracyjournal.org/30/the-new-politics-of-evasion.php?page=all

Colleen Hanabusa

Bill Press and his guest, Representative Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii.

http://hanabusa.house.gov/

Jim Hightower

Getting ahead on the backs of others.