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Hispanic votes by gearing up or the backlash vote by anglos against illegal immigration? >> for every vote they would gain doing that, they will lose two votes in a state like -- you just start messing with your numbers. the states where that is effective, if you want to play that game, the states -- those are the shrinking states. those are lost electoral power. so its diminishing returns. it might be effective to win a senate race, you know n. a midterm year. not for the president. >> great. c...

Burden on the state? >> it is an argument i just cant follow. i got to be honest with you. i dont see how it is that a state like, texas, to go to the university of texas if you are an illegal alien you get an instate tuition discount. $22,000 a year. four years of college. almost $100,000 discount if you are an illegal alien to go to the university of texas. if you are a united states citizen from any one of the other 49 states you have to pay $100,000 more. is that doesnt make sense to me and ...

Burden on the state? >> it is an argument i just cant follow. i got to be honest with you. i dont see how it is that a state like, texas, to go to the university of texas if you are an illegal alien you get an instate tuition discount. $22,000 a year. four years of college. almost $100,000 discount if you are an illegal alien to go to the university of texas. if you are a united states citizen from any one of the other 49 states you have to pay $100,000 more. is that doesnt make sense to me and ...

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Evangelicals and other social conservatives have seen plenty of political scandal and dont like it a bit. >> if he wins or loses an important state like, lets say, south carolina, by a very little bit, then i think you can say if it hadnt been for that we have won. >> reporter: lands says gingrich needs to give a big speech early on to try to put it to rest. >> he has to imagine that the person he is talking to is an evangelical woman sitting cross from him and he is going to have to convince he...

It out to see if theres a connection. what youre looking at is a result of that. theres a lot of information on this graf, but dont be scared. a state like mississippi, the very low union membership rate, 5% of the states work force in a union. the current budget shortfall is about 16% of their budget. a state like new york on the other hand a very high union membership rate, 25% of its work force. their budget shortfall is pretty much the same as mississippis. one state has lots of union member...

Can get their agenda through so someone like senator lemieux has a ton of power in the senate right now. >> for those that want to stick around and run for their seat or come back to get involved in another open seat or challenge, for them are they running as a fresh face or will they have some of that taint of being an incumbent at some point when that is not the most popular place to be with voters in the u.s. >> someone like senator gillebrand, all of a sudden running statewide in new york, h...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesnt necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. were very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competitio...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesnt necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. were very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competitio...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesnt necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. were very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competitio...