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Monday July 26, 2004
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Diane and her guests look at the options for keeping the U.S. government -- executive, judicial, and legislative branches -- up and running in times of catastrophic crisis.
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Lynn Martin, member of the Continuity of Government Commission
Donald Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; former staff director of the House Rules Committee
Rep. Vic Snyder, (D-Arkansas)
Rep. Brian Baird, (D-Washington)
How successfully George W. Bush and John F. Kerry craft the stories of their lives will influence which man voters select to be the next president. A historian and journalist explores how presidential narratives have determined political success through history.
Evan Cornog, Associate Dean at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, and author of "The Birth of Empire" and "Hats in the Ring."