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Classroom size expanded beyond any teachers ability to teach students. and so this public policy does not work. were going to vote this thing off of the charts. public act four will no longer be in play in the state of michigan. and emergency management will no longer be a reality in the state. >> i hear your passion in making the case. i have heard you make it in other fora as well, and i know youre not just passionate about it, youre an effective advocate for your side of it. but a new poll sh...

Police and fire are cut. classroom size expanded beyond any teachers ability to teach students. and so this public policy does not work. were going to vote this thing off of the charts. public act four will no longer be in play in the state of michigan. and emergency management will no longer be a reality in the state. >> i hear your passion in making the case. i have heard you make it in other fora as well and youre not just passionate about it, youre an effective advocate for the side of it, b...

were also waiting for ana navarro. the typical politics surrounding this event, as ive been reading through and other times that joe biden has spoken at various events, i wonder what hes going to say and if hes going to cause a stir in bidens style. >> well, as you know, joe biden is quite capable of giving a very strong and capable speech. this is an audience that he is familiar with. as chairman for many years, joe biden championed equality for women and other minorities. this is an ...

Privatization seems to be the mantra of republican parties. it limits accountability, enhances the private sector perhaps at the expense of taxpayers who want their kids to get a good free education. >> indeed. s.e., i want you to listen to a clip of mitt romney speaking in a radio interview in philadelphia today on the subject of education. take a listen. >> i can also tell you that in the studies that have been done across the world and our nation, that changing classroom size by a modest amou...

to make sure we have a safety net that cares for people that are falling from the middle class into poverty. >> 99ers receiving an unprecedented 99 weeks of jobless benefits. >> fight, fight, fight. >> but 20 straight months of job gains have many wondering when do you cut the cord? >> when do it we want it? now. >> with no easy answers for the long-term unemployed, what can and what should government do? >> sometimes it means making sure that theres a safety net. >> by the end of the ...

Have to do with them is, perhaps, add more students to the classroom size and that was met with some resistance from teachers in west philadelphia saying wait a minute, i dont know too many teachers or parents out there that would want to add more students to the classroom situation to add more pressure on the student -- on a teacher, rather. so is governor romney totally in touch with the education program and how to change it? >> well, i think its -- its a tough one, kelly. look, if there were...

Dont need to spend more on education. in his book titled "no apology", romney wrote the effort to reduce classroom size may hurt education more than it helps. this is why there were protesters in the streets of west philadelphia today when mitt romney showed up to talk education. philadelphia mayor, mike nutter, held mitt romney to his record on education. >> romney has always opposed investing in our childrens education. again, i dont understand why hes here today. >> we know exactly why mitt r...

police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesnt remember. were digging deeper. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com mitt romneys latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what hed do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows hed have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. its a long list. our national political correspond...

>> there you go >> so obviously, brooke, a different posture from herman cain, hes been known throughout this campaign as somebody who is sort of laid back and has an easy going style out on the campaign trail. that was very different today. he had security guards pushing reporters out of the way, he was refusing to answer questions all of this. the main question that was being asked of him, brooke, to put it very quickly is whether or not he would call on the national restaurant assoc...

The rest of the people on this stage and one person that wants to run for the presidency. being inavor of the obama race to the top and that is not conservative. >> governor romney? >> nice try. let me tell you what i think i i would do. one, education has to be held at the local and state level not at the federal level. we need to get the federal government out of education. and secondly, all of the talk about we needed smaller classroom size. that is promoted by the teachers unions to hire mor...