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She has been sinking ever since. down to 3% in this poll. perry guy to watch. he cannot afford another debate performance like the one that, the way you were in charge. he performed poorly. romney doesnt have to do anything. he can stand back now. significantly for him he didnt gain from perrys drop or picked up one point. i think sometimes its a two-step process. if a leader will lose ground and later get to somebody else on the bounce. that may happen to romney. >> bret: on governor perrys per...

Out, explaining her husbands poor debate performance, let me show you what she says. >> hes never had a debate class or coach in his life that i know of. hes going to be better prepared this time. he said, bottom, when they do the debate prep, i want to be there. >> isnt that a little strange. guy comes out, tough could you boy, reminds me of when i was growing up as a kid, "rawhide" and now his wife makes excuses why he cant debate and his 20-year-old kid has to come help. doesnt that look prob...

Explaning and defending his lack of experience in debating. this was anita perry in iowa this morning. >> he has never had a debate class nor a debate coach in his life that i know of. he realizes the last debate. he realized that. i can look in his face. he knew that. so hes going to be better prepared this time. hes going to -- in fact our son said when they do the debate prep for the next debate i want to be there. he is best when he is down as a fighter. this is his opportunity to show up. >...

in spending that weve already cut from the budget, our plan makes additional spending cuts that need to happen if were to solve this problem. we reform agriculture subsidies. subsidies that a lot of times pay large farms for crops that they dont grow. we make modest adjustments to federal retirement programs. we reduce by tens of billions of dollars the tax money that goes to fannie mae and freddie mac. we also ask the largest financial firms, companies saved by tax dollars during fina...

about this for years and under the presidents plan anyone making more than $1 million a year would paper the same percentage of taxes at the middle class. boy, it does not sit well with republicans. >> when you pick one area of the economy and say were going to tax those people, because most people are not those people, thats class warfare. >> warren buffett has been honest and others i know who have havent fortunate in life and wealthy say, for goodness sake, raise my taxes if thats g...

elsie granderson, a cnn.com columnist and steve perry an education contributor. the latest act scores show only one in four high school graduates is ready for college. the test used for college admissions shows only 66% of the 2011 class met the benchmark for english. 45% for math. 30% for science. so steve, do these figures accurately reflect student preparedness? >> it absolutely does reflect how prepared students are because if it were the a.c.t. in and of itself we may be able to w...

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