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Tavis talks to Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, New York Times columnist David Brooks and political analyst Ann Coulter.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
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In 1993, Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. In 2000, she was elected Vice Chair of the Republican Conference - one of the top five leaders of Senate Republicans, and the only woman. Sen. Hutchison switched from TV journalism to politics in '71. She was twice elected to the Texas House of Representatives and also served as Texas State Treasurer.
David Brooks
David Brooks
David Brooks has been described as a provocative thinker and a sensible conservative. An Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, he's also a regular commentator on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. In 2000, he published his first book, Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There. Brooks' latest release, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, takes a look at how being American shapes us.
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
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Political analyst, attorney and author, Ann Coulter likes to stir up the pot. She's the legal correspondent for the conservative weekly, Human Events, and a frequent guest on political talk shows. Coulter is an outspoken critic of many liberal and Democrat Party movements. She began her media career as a legal correspondent with MSNBC and gained prominence as a lawyer who helped Paula Jones sue President Clinton.