Are "The Internet Married" the new "Soccer Moms"?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, if you are political strategist Mark Penn, the man who coined the phrase "Soccer Mom." His new book, Microtrends, groups voters into categories that politicians can then use to target their messages. Also, Jeremy Scahill joins us to talk about the private military contractor, Blackwater, and their recent fall from grace; street literature; and the "taser incident."

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