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Who is a woman. and our caucus really does look like maerk. and whats so exciting about it as a woman, i know that we bring our personal experience as a wife, as a mother to our job and it really makes a difference. >> you know, one of obviously the most powerful people in the country is the speaker. shes been a big advocate of yours. she did have this news conference yesterday touting the number of women in the diversity and leadership and she sent out a tweet boasting about that, clearly a sta...

They ought to be proud of the women in their caucus and be willing to promote them. so the opticses stink, but they reflect whats really going on in that caucus and it will be a challenge. and you can say just name two and that will feel better and that will make it easier for michael and tom davis who are good guys to get through an interview. but it doesnt really reflect whats going on in that party and the reality is to michaels point you have a seniority issue and youre going to have a lot o...

Out. >> theyre continuing working at their current jobs while this application process -- >> until the end of the year. >> and its also interesting about the seniority issue. theyre going to be hired then on merit? >> and thats what theyre looking at in providence. is it about merit? about seniority? will it be a combination of both. these are some of the things that the school district is trying to hammer out. >> theyre going to be competing with for the same jobs. thats too bad. its happening ...

New young teachers that are going to get pushed out. if you take a look at teachers, there are some great teachers that have been there for a long time and some terrible teachers there for a long time. some great and terrible teachers that came in yesterday. it seems to have nothing to do with age or longevity. but seniority is essentially the basis of most union contracts. and we have to change that in the city if were going to improve the schools even more. were making a lot of progress but st...

They think we should lay off based on the quality of teaching. thats whats right for children and families. we need to talk about that, too, because our union and legislature so far are blocking those kind of meaningful reforms. so, the more people learn about some of the really arbitrary, and, in my view, fortunate consequenc -- unfortunate consequences, the more people will react and well build the consensus. i think thats what happened with the rubber room. now i would like to deal with the s...

He didnt like the idea he was getting shoved out. i think he wanted it -- mini feeding frenzy taking place last might and wanted to take the deep breath. question now is who do they hand the gavel to? three candidates. pete stark, number two. you have sander levin, brother of carl levin, senator from michigan. the house member from michigan. then somebody who could end up getting it, somebody people are calling for john lewis, the longtime congressman from georgia. >> kelly, what kind of maneuve...