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Is progressive republican, out of the mold of john mccain which is not a bad thing if you're progressive republican. michelle bachmann, obesity program. it's progressive. the parent, not the state, should decide how kids should i'll. period. next, tax uncreases 47% overall in the tenure as governor. he expressed his approval of several different forms of tax increases including income taxes. you have to see the monologue at glennbeck.com. state spending increased in arkansas, spending increased by 65.3% under governor huckabee. the number of state workers in the government rose by 20%. conserv...

Polls to approve any tax increases, this despite fierce republican opposition. brown said there are only two options, supporting tax extensions or more severe cuts in state spending. he calls any other plan to close the budget delusional. speaking of delusional -- bob riley -- stop it. bob riley. we won't have that segway -- we won't have that -- >> i've had quite an education lately. >> what's that? >> bob riley tried that in alabama. his first year in, he said we need education money, we have to get it through cuts or taxes. and his tax ref ren dumb was killed and he went back and did it a...

Our business news correspondent stephanie elam join us from new york. steph, tell us how it will work specifically when it comes to medicaid. >> right, suzanne, let's start off taking a look at medicaid and how it provides health care to 50 million poor and disabled americans. right now the federal government pays about two-thirds of the cost and the states go ahead and pick up the rest. in fiscal 2009 states shelled out about $130 billion on medicaid and received $250 billion from the federal government to cover the rest. but some house republicans, they want to change that formula, and budge...

Criminals, we shifted public policy in such a way it's easier to get incarcerated. >> wasn't that done out of noble causes to begin with with the population growth and the fact that crimes in this day and age are expanding to different fronts people hadn't considered then including technology crimes. does it make a difference in how we interpret these numbers? >> most people aren't in jail for things like technology crimes or other white collar crimes. the prison boom comes from the war on drugs which gains begins in mid-80s. four out of five people who are incarcerated for drugs are not deale...

Rights in the state of washington. their pay went up double digits in some cases and state spending went up 33% in the first four years after they got collective bargaining rights, jenna. jenna: no protests needed. we are a lot more melo out there. we have to go to georgetown, university. the president will be speaking about energy security. this coming just a few days after obviously talking about the situation in libya. he's expected to talk a little bit about libya, as well as what we've seen in japan with the nuclear disaster there and talk about how those situations may or may not affect ...