Pres. Obama Tries To Put Bipartisanship In Action

The snow slowed things to a crawl on Capitol Hill this week, but it takes more than Mother Nature to keep politicians from the partisan bickering that has come to characterize this Congress and administration more than Barack Obama and his advisers had probably hoped.

And despite some finger pointing, there have been signs of bipartisan movement, evidenced by an $85 billion jobs bill that emerged from Senate Democrats. It included a number of details close to the hearts of Republicans.

We take a look at the week in Washington with a pair of politicos with divergent views. Tony Cox talks with Ron Christie, author of Black in the White House, based on his work as special assistant to President George W. Bush and as deputy assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney. A forthcoming book is titled, Acting White: The Birth and Death of a Racial Slur.

And Michael Fauntroy is author of Republicans and the Black Vote and assistant professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy.

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