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The central progressive idea is that the people should -- the people should be able to use our government to accomplish together what we cant do alone. like for example building storm shelters or for that matter schools to put them in. why is that central idea such a hard sell in oklahoma? why at least have the republicans in oklahoma been so successful selling against that idea? >> and its a difference between the officials inside the capitol building and those citizens outside. they had to lie...

Republican legislature blocked that idea, mr. doorman decided he would ask oklahoma voters directly to approve that funding. volunteers fanned out across the state collecting signatures at comic bookstores at gun shows, football games and hockey games. they kept working after governor fallon said she would not support the proposal to build the storm shelters for oklahoma schools. they kept working even after the state reworded their ballot measure. they worked until the deadline yesterday, and u...

A very vigorous discussions about what we can do within budget tear means. in oklahoma, within budget tear means whatever your town can afford or wants to spend. whether your town is relatively wealthy or relatively poor. or whether your town was lucky me -- local democrat lawmaker in oklahoma decided he was going to try to do something about that vagaries. how can it be that you have to win a lottery to prepare for tornadoes, that people in rich towns will have ways for their kids to survive st...

That discussion. and then attorney general scott pruitt challenged our ballot title. we saw republican official after official fight this and this was simply to put this issue on the ballot to let the voters decide. >> you could argue that acentral processive idea may be the central progressive idea is that the people should -- the people should be able to use our government to accomplish together what we cant do alone. like for example building storm shelters or for that matter schools to put t...