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Worse if it's not for me but that's hard to prove and it will be up to the republican candidate, whoever that is, to or tick late a message to say you are not better off than four years ago and i'll tell you something, you will be a lot worse off if he gets another chance. >> we are heading into the primary silly season with the first caucus, iowa 27 days away. you see the intensity building. the attacks against gingrich are ratcheting up, romney and gingrich are fighting. you have the candidates that aren't doing as well in the polls, they are now throwing a lot more punches. >> like ron paul...

>> he's arguing things would be worse if it's not for me but that's hard to prove and it will be up to the republican candidate, whoever that is, to or tick late a message to say you are not better off than four years ago and i'll tell you something, you will be a lot worse off if he gets another chance. >> we are heading into the primary silly season with the first caucus, iowa 27 days away. you see the intensity building. the attacks against gingrich are ratcheting up, romney and gingrich are fighting. you have the candidates that aren't doing as well in the polls, they are now throwing a lo...

Every day, we want to change it for you going forward. >> what about the kids that aren't doing something illegal to get cash? what about kids that are picking themselves up by their bootstraps and figuring this stuff out for themselves? how do they get lumped in and categorized like this and this is somebody that's going to be the leader of the free world? >> he is so proud of the kids that are doing well, that are pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. but those kids are far too few. we can't let any kid slip through the crack. i agree with him 100% that you have to reach out to everybod...

>> wow! 92% versus the national average of 23%. i bet there are schools out there that are clamoring to get you involved. >> we have students over 460 universities across the nation. we are very proud we work with a lot of schools and helping our students get through there. it is really more than just about the academic preparation and that's what we wanted to have people focus on. there's so much more that goes into getting these kids through college and it is helping to manage the financial challenges and academic challenges but as you mentioned those life family issues that come up that are...

Many of them, how much they're feeling the pressure? >> yeah, chris. these were students not just from howard, but from around the country, chicago and new york. and there is a sense of the reality of what the economy is. but i think they recognize, if they are innovative, there's some opportunities that are there. that was the thing that was encouraging for me. we saw students that said, i realize that this degree alone doesn't mean i'm going to get a job. but i could think outside of the box and do some things that others aren't doing, that there may be some opportunity for me. that is encou...