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Montana means that's a democratic state or that mccaskill winning missouri -- no, that's not how we vote. we vote nationally for the president, and we have an electoral college to decide it. let me go back to dennis. give us your sense, the nea is filled with very lit rat, very smart people with tremendous understandings of the public policy. what does your rank and file like to see get done to avoid this fiscal cliff? do they ever speak up from the ground up, from the teachers up to the union? >> absolutely. you know, we have a $1.2 trillion problem we have to solve, so when mitt says he want...

Filled with very lit rat, very smart people with tremendous understandings of the public policy. what does your rank and file like to see get done to avoid this fiscal cliff? do they ever speak up from the ground up, from the teachers up to the union? >> absolutely. you know, we have a $1.2 trillion problem we have to solve, so when mitt says he wants to take off the table the elimination of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%, that's $827 billion. you can't take that off the table and find a solution that will solve all of these problems. it's just not possible. but there are ways to get there...

That, guys, is that if you go by who we elect to congress deciding our national policy, then by that standard heidi heitkamp winning in north dakota means north dakota is a liberal state, and tester winning in montana means that's a democratic state or that mccaskill winning missouri -- no, that's not how we vote. we vote national ideally for the president and we have an electoral college to decide it. let me go back to dennis. the nea is failed with very literal, very smart people with tremendous understandings of public policy. what is your rank and file like to see get done to avoid this fi...