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Break it down for us. >> ed i never thought id be on television vetting donald trump in saying that he is essentially right. but the fact of the matter is that you know while trump may be a percentage point off here or there the basic reality of what mideast saying ing hes saying is true. the state of wisconsin historically has had very very vibrant schools and public services, has taken a lot of hits in those areas. and despite scott walkers promises that all the cuts, all the assault os on org...

Network. looking good out there. >> better than a few years ago. the natural gas issue we have been talking about this in the "wall street journal" and on your program for some time. there is an energy revival in the united states, we know that. it is coming from shale gas, shale oil from fracking in many states. there are environmental issues to consider here. in the meantime, a lot of individuals have leases that they have granted for oil drilling or gas drilling on their private land, most of...

And it creates this contrast. youve got north dakota here, a boom state with a billion dollar surplus in its state budget, cut in property taxes. got a billion dollar state surplus. very low unemployment. theyre pulling in workers from all over the country. its a boom state because they are drilling for oil thats under the ground in north dakota and yet, what have we got at the national level? weve got job creation, that rate cut in half last month. weve got 8% plus unemployment. and weve got a ...

Enforce the laws ourselves. whereas here youve got the western states saying, all right, if the federal government isnt going to tap that oil, we will. >> its on federal land. the utah legislature just passed a law demanding the return of 20 million acres from the feds, give it back to utah. they want to be like north dakota where theyre drilling like crazy. >> boom town. >> its boom state in fact. >> it is in every form. i mean, it trickles down to car sales, to retail sales, to the unemploymen...

Voters. this was a boom state. construction way, way up, house construction was way, way. youve everybody was flocking here and not you bottom has dropped out. the unemployment rate topped 14%. one in 16 homes in foreclosure. listen to a couple of voters and hear their zwroir. >> we are here in las vegas and we are in one of the most depressed markets in the country, and nobody in washington is listening to the people. >> i have a friend driving a school bus. he gets at the end of his route. he ...