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It out to see if there's a connection. what you're looking at is a result of that. there's a lot of information on this graf, but don't be scared. a state like mississippi, the very low union membership rate, 5% of the state's work force in a union. the current budget shortfall is about 16% of their budget. a state like new york on the other hand a very high union membership rate, 25% of its work force. their budget shortfall is pretty much the same as mississippi's. one state has lots of union members, the other has very few, and it's the same deficit. now, that was for overall union membersh...

Can get their agenda through so someone like senator lemieux has a ton of power in the senate right now. >> for those that want to stick around and run for their seat or come back to get involved in another open seat or challenge, for them are they running as a fresh face or will they have some of that taint of being an incumbent at some point when that is not the most popular place to be with voters in the u.s. >> someone like senator gillebrand, all of a sudden running statewide in new york, her base of support shifts to manhattan and she has to introduce herself to the voters quickly. there...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesn't necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. we're very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competition called race to the top. $4.35 billion, money from last year's economic stimulus package is now u...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesn't necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. we're very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competition called race to the top. $4.35 billion, money from last year's economic stimulus package is now u...

In if those targets had not been reach. >> that doesn't necessarily to work to our benefit in a state like, alaska. we're very big on vo-tech curriculum and making sure that kids are geared up for the trades and resource development jobs, oil production and commercial fishing jobs and mining jobs. >> no child left behind, the standards got dummied down. we are in effect lying to children. >> the obama administration looked for other ways to achieve school reform. one is a national state competition called race to the top. $4.35 billion, money from last year's economic stimulus package is now u...