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Guest host: Andrea Seabrook
Midterm elections are still two week's away, but many political strategists are already focused on the 2008 presidential election. Two reporters talk about how political strategists are retooling to do battle ... and what it will take to win.
John Harris, editor in chief, politico.com author of "The Survivor" and co-author of "The Way to Win."
Mark Halperin, political director, ABC News, and creator of "The Note", a daily online publication on ABCNews.com co-author "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008"
David Gergen, former presidential advisor and public service professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Guest host: Andrea Seabrook
A former official at the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is calling for Christians to take a step back from politics. He joins other religious leaders for a discussion of the role of faith in politics.
Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and author of "Piety & Politics" (Harmony Books)
David Kuo, Washington editor of the Beliefnet Web site, former second in command at President Bush's Of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and author of "Tempting Faith" (Free Press).
Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals.
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