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22%, respectively, then tln ron paul and michele bachmann, rick perry and newt gingrich each with 7%. and rick santorum at 5% and jon huntsman at the bottom at 1%. joined now by susan page, the washington bureau chief for "usa today." susan, good sunday to you. >> craig, great to be with you. >> why are cain and romney so far out front at this point? >> romney as a base support. he's been pretty steady as you go. herman cain has been the phenomena in this poll. he came out of nowhere, is now in the lead, and i think the question is, does he hold on to those voters, the socially conservative te...

They're on their own. that's not the way of america. i haven't heard a single republican say that. >> when he says it's going to christmas tree country, in that very same speech, he's saying to the congressional black caucus, symptom complaining, symptom grumbling, stop crying. this is his own base that he has to lecture and woo back, because he has the lowest numbers, 68% base support for him. how does he reach out to the center, the people leaving him in droves, if he has to shore up his base? >> this is what my column is about on thursday in the "wall street journal." i think he's making a ...

They're on their own. that's not the way of america. i haven't heard a single republican say that. >> when he says it's going to christmas tree country, in that very same speech, he's saying to the congressional black caucus, symptom complaining, symptom grumbling, stop crying. this is his own base that he has to lecture and woo back, because he has the lowest numbers, 68% base support for him. how does he reach out to the center, the people leaving him in droves, if he has to shore up his base? >> this is what my column is about on thursday in the "wall street journal." i think he's making a ...

Joining us is scott rasmussen. it's interesting to watch your polls because so much changes in a week. in california, incumbent democrat barbara boxer has a five-point lead and now she neck and neck with the republican challenger, carly fiorina, what a difference a week makes? >> it sure does. boxer was up by seven points back in july. it's an uphill fight for any republican in the state where barack obama has a 55% job approval rating but the fact we're talking about boxer in california. just gives an indication how bad things are for the democrats. if we include leaners, people that don't kn...

Nation, we should take that bottom 5% of schools, schools that are dropout factories, are 60%, 70% of students are dropping out each year and do something dramatically better and do it now with a real sense of urgency. >> one thing you hear parents of public school kids say nowadays is their kids are being taught to the tests. teachers spend too much time teaching to the test. i know your plan wants to change that. how will you measure achievement in the future? >> well, we'll measure achievement, we're encouraging states to think about assessments in different areas so yes, reading and math a...