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Associate director of the center for educational freedom at the caddo institute. is this overreach now? >> it is. it epitomizes the nanny state. states said well take federal money for subsidized lunches. over time they have to be more and more nutritious. now they say if you want the money, you have to change whats in the vending machine. the problem is kids arent eating healthy oceans. they say, were like your parents, you listen to us. >> i would imagine most kids get most of their calories a...

Of tool to prepare our children to eat, especially when you look at breakfast programs. a new study came out by deloit and theyre showing when kids eat breakfast in school, their math scores go up by 17%. they have less incidences of being absent. so, theres all kinds of benefits. so the school lunch program is -- right now its not funded. and that -- that clip you showed actually set up the -- i actually testified in front -- in congress on behalf of the school lunch program. the president aske...

Kind of programs we should be cutting right now. >> well its interesting. right now im hopeful there will be a backlash, that head start is a program that should not be cut. in the next couple of weeks, the maine state legislature, controlled by republicans, will be making that decision. im hopeful they wont, but the fear is that they will make that decision. a couple of years ago when i was in the legislature, the then senate president libby mitchell to make state funding to go to public school...

the presidential candidates go toe to toe tonight. as they face off in jacksonville. romney and gingrich are in a virtual poll. romney is ahead by just two percentage points. on the campaign trail, gingrich conceded that all the super pac attack ads have now hurt. but hes not backing down. >> i can promise you i am going to fight every day from here until we win the nomination, because i am not going to allow the monied interests that are bose buying those ads to come in here and into ...