Welcome to Table for One, the guest-blogging section at TPMCafe.

This week we are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage, reporter for the Boston Globe, and author of the new book, Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy. Savage is joining us to discuss his new book, and lay out some of its central arguments for discussion. Read his posts below, and join in.

See earlier Table for One guest-blogs:
Congressman Steve Kagen, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Scott Winship, Robert Hormats, Bill McKibben, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Sen. John Edwards, the ACLU's Anthony Romero, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Andrew Rasiej, Gov. Tom Vilsack,Gen. Wesley Clark, Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Sen. Russ Feingold.