Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey governor and EPA administrator, talks about the future of nuclear power in the U.S. post-Fukushima.  She is the co-chair of CASEnergy Coalition, a nuclear power advocacy group and the co-chair of the Republican Leadership Council, which supports "fiscally conservative, socially inclusive" candidates.

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As Sarah Palin chats with Oprah and releases her new book, "Going Rogue," we take a look at the role of women in the GOP and Palin's political future. Why are there relatively few Republican women currently in Congress? Is the party inadvertently losing women because it's shifting to a more conservative position? And will Palin run for office again? Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and Republican strategist Mary Matalin weigh in.

Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor and president of The Whitman Strategy Group, an environmental consultancy firm, talks about what faces Chris Christie as the first Republican governor in eight years for the Garden State. Then Bob Hennelly, WNYC's senior political reporter, reviews the NYC mayoral election and ...

Christine Todd Whitman, former NJ governor, former EPA head and co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition (a nuclear power advocacy organization) talks about nuclear energy – and the recent NJ primary.

There are no women in New Jersey's 15-person congressional delegation. Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University, discusses why women seem to have a hard time getting elected in New Jersey. And New Jersey's first (and so far only) female ...

Currently Lisa Jackson is the Commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, but hopefully next week she will become the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. What lies in store for her in this role, especially since President-elect Obama is creating new environmental positions in his administration? With a new energy czar on staff, will the role of the EPA be diminished? Who better to answer these questions than Christine Todd Whitman, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Bush administration?

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With the election behind us, the Republican Party is a little worse for wear. From prominent conservatives, such as Colin Powell and Christopher Buckley, wandering off the reservation to a resounding win for the Democrats, the GOP has been hit hard. Christine Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey and ex-chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, discusses what it will take to breathe life back into the GOP.

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Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) talks his role as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and balancing urban needs with federal ones.

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Ben Smith, reporter for Politico, and Stephen Dinan, reporter and blogger for The Washington Times, discuss the vetting process of Sarah Palin, plus the big speeches from last night.

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Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor, co-chair of the Republican Leadership Council, ...