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The presidential candidates position themselves as their campaigns focus on what they need to accomplish at the Denver and St. Paul conventions. A look at what's ahead in this key transition period of the campaigns, and the wait for vice presidential picks.
E.J. Dionne, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington Post columnist, and author of "Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right" and of "Stand Up Fight Back."
Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for "USA Today"
Ron Elving, Washington editor for National Public Radio
In Paul Auster's latest novel, a sleepless widower dreams up a modern America that never experienced the nine-eleven attacks, but is at civil war. The bestselling author discusses the power of storytelling to both reveal and run from the truth.
Paul Auster, Author
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