Can we keep our Republic?

We all seem to agree that our political system, in fact our democracy, is broken. But what does that mean? How did this happen, what's at it's core and what, if anything, can we do about it? To begin we need to heed the dictum of Woodward and Bernstein's famous Deep Throat, who said "follow the money." This is the lesson that famed lawyer and internet advocate Lawrence Lessig tries to teach us in his new book Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It. Lessig goes to heart of what's fueling the current "occupy" movement and what they might do to achieve real success.

My conversation with Lawrence Lessig:

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The hell with governing....

The 2012 presidential election is still 30 months away. But Republican challengers to the President already think that holding public office may be a liability. Are we heading into a campaign that's not at all about policy, or ideas or governing, but about anger at a changing society, played out in a multilayered media landscape. Matt Bai, contributing editor to the The New York Times Magazine, and one of our most astute political observers, thinks this might be happening.

My conversation with Matt Bai about his article in The Magazine this Sunday:

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