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disclosure next. welcome to the journal, editorial report. i'm paul gigot. well, the school reform suffered a setback this week when the most visible and perhaps more controversial champion resigned. michelle reed served as chancellor for three and a half years and during her tenure student test scores improved and drop-out rates declined in the city and school vouchers for low income familiar letters, opened charter schools and negotiated a contract with the teachers's union that includes among other things, merit pay, a model for urban school districts across the country and michel...

students and their families to talk about college affordability. capitol hill is relatively quiet with members of congress back home campaigning. the commission about the bp deep water blowout. and we will talk about the latest of the obama administration's policy. but first, let's look at the news about "don't ask, don't tell." arkansas question for you, should the courts or congress the side -- our question for you is, should the courts or congress decide "don't ask, don't tell?" our numbers -- we also have a special line set up for military personnel. the latest in the news about ...

what has congress accomplished? we want to get your view on that. congress finished up last night passing a continuing resolution, both in the house and senate, which is a spending bill. vicki, tells what happens? she is with the hill newspaper. guest: the senate picked up the bill first last night and moved it really quickly over to the house. what they did was pass a bill to keep the government running until december 3. host: what it passed with republican support on both sides? guest: it was passed with republican support. more republican support on the senate side. it was passed ...

kentucky, arizona, and organ. "the washington post" headlines is calling it is super tuesday for both parties. we saw a transfer of power in great britain this past week. in the outlooksection of the "the washington post" -- the headline is "britain does it fast, so why can't we?" the number is 202-737-0002 for democrats and 202-737-0001 for republicans, if you are an independent, the number to call is 202-628-0205. he makes these points. on tuesday, prime minister gordon brown went to buckingham palace and told the queen he was resigning. minutes later, david cameron visited her maj...

A generic split on the ballot. >> it's a split with democrats having a bit of an edge. the argument we'll be making is, during this tough economic time, what were republicans doing? the fact of the matter is, they were on the sidelines while we tried to get the economy out of the ditch. >> we're trying to figure out -- the president, obviously, very popular guy. 70% of americans like him as a person. that's saying a lot, considering the political environment. let's take the guy that used to be -- allen boyd, you know, florida, too, he's in big political trouble, he's a democrat. he's tried to ...