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Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good? >> sure. i'll give senator rockefeller credit on this, though. when i've talked to offices they said, yeah, we're signing this, but we don't want to do this. rockefeller came out and was at least up-front with liberals. he said, i don't think we get it done and i'm not going to try. i think there are a lot of offices back there doing something cowardly, yeah, sure, it's easier for us to say we'll sign the letter, than it is for us to say we won't. but we're not going to do it, and give you another crushing disappointment. so frankly i prefer senato...

Happened about the idea not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good? >> sure. i'll give senator rockefeller credit on this, though. when i've talked to offices they said, yeah, we're signing this, but we don't want to do this. rockefeller came out and was at least up-front with liberals. he said, i don't think we get it done and i'm not going to try. but there are a lot of offices that are doing something a bit cowardly and saying, sure, it's easier for us to say we'll sign the letter than for us to say we won't, but we're not going to do it and give you another crushing disappointment. s...

Quo, we only invest in reform, reform that raises student achievement, inspires students to excel in math and science. >> some of what the president's 2011 budget proposal includes, almost $50 billion for discretionary education spending, $3.5 billion increase in the current levels. most of the money would go toward reforming no child left behind, which includes money for college and career-ready preparations for kids from low-income areas, pay incentives to support teachers and principals, this is important with a lot of people. and funds to continue race to the top. that's a program that rew...

Hot donald trump. mr. trump is averaging more than 23% support in the polls among republicans. next is jeb bush 12.8% followed by scott walker 10.6%. all the rest of the contenders are far back. so the upcoming debate is all about donald trump and how he will handle his frontrunner status. it is likely many will tune in simply to see my drama will trump go after his competitors or will he become a statesman trying to demonstrate that he has the political finesse to run the country? talking points does not know how the debate will play out which makes it exciting. now, some of you have asked wh...

Allegations of voter fraud, especially polling place impersonation fraud, almost always prove to be inflated or inaccurate. the truth of the matter is that voter fraud, votes knowingly cast by ineligible individuals, is exceedingly rare. one is more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit voter fraud. at this point in the story, our law finds itself in a bit of an exi tential crisis. the whole reason for being is a myth. what's very real, however, are the people who could be denied their voting rights because of the law. 12.8% of registered pennsylvania voters, more than 1 million peop...