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Naftali Bendavid, deputy Washington bureau chief, "Chicago Tribune;" author of "The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution"

John Harwood, reporter, "The Wall Street Journal" and chief Washington correspondent for CNBC

Peter Baker, reporter, "The Washington Post"

Michael Hirsh, Senior editor at Newsweek, and author of "At War With Ourselves" (Oxford)

Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief, "Los Angeles Times"

Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC and author of "Talking Back."