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Tuesday October 21, 2003

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10:00Presidential Campaign Fund Raising

President Bush has raised an estimated $84 million toward his re-election bid, a towering sum compared to dollars donated to Democratic contenders. A panel joins Diane to talk about presidential campaign fund raising and strategy.

Guests

Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back On Track"

Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

Ron Elving, Washington editor for National Public Radio

11:00Michael Dirda: "An Open Book" (WW Norton)

As a child growing up in a small town in Ohio, Michael Dirda developed a passion for reading. "An Open Book" is the personal story of how a pudgy, near-sighted kid developed into a Pulitzer Prize winning writer.

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