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warren burger, sinclair lewis, j paul getty, eugene mccarthy, f scott fitzgerald, walter mondale, william and charles mayo, and bob dylan. also minnesota is a border states of iowa. iowa knows minnesota and minnesota knows iowa. so penn's minnesota background, particularly as governor, gives him an edge in the iowa caucuses and iowa's presidential primary. together these races add up to the kingmaker, the king then goes on to win more caulk busses primaries, collectively fingerrering the party's favorite for the november 2012 presidential election. bit way, here's of former governor of former governor tim pawlenty. age 50, white, married, two teenage daughters, ana and mara. university of minnesota, ba in doctor of law. practicing attorney, 15 years. minnesota's state legislature house of representatives, 10 years. minnesota house majority leader, four years. state of minnesota eight years, 2003-2011. question, can pawlenty win iowa? tim? >> absolutely, and i'm very happy he began by going to iowa and attacking ethanol subsidies, especially because he used to favor them. that takes guts.

., scott martell is one of the panelists. then walter mosley will be here. he will be in ag call-in program to talk about his new book about american democracy called 12 steps toward political revelation. our next panel session is inside paper hall called the living constitution. includes john dean, harvey weinstein, and allen, a founding dean of the university of california irvine school of law moderated by jim newton who is editor at large of the l.a. times. right now it is time for a panel session about los angeles called los angel t

., scott martell is one of the panelists. then walter mosley will be here. he will be in ag call-in program to talk about his new book about american democracy called 12 steps toward political revelation. our next panel session is inside paper hall called the living constitution. includes john dean, harvey weinstein, and allen, a founding dean of the university of california irvine school of law moderated by jim newton who is editor at large of the l.a. times. right now it is time for a panel session about los angeles called los angeles this in memory, moderated by a columnist for the l.a. times. the panelists include william deverell, leo braudy, lawrence culver, and d.j. waldie. live coverage by book tv from the los angeles times festival of books begins shortly. thank you for being with us. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to los angeles. thank you all for being here. sometimes i think -- and here is the paradox. there seems only to be a mess and not much memory about los angeles. that is paradoxical because this is a place that may have worked harder