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Joe Klein interviewed by Walter Shapiro [video 60min]

Time magazine's political columnist Joe Klein traces the influence of political consultants' influence on campaigns in his new book, Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid. He is interviewed by Walter Shapiro, Washington Bureau Chief for Salon, and author of One-Car Caravan: On the Road with the 2004 Democrats Before America Tunes In.
Read entire article at C-SPAN2 "After Words"