Gov. Perry may well have put AZ, NM, NV, CO in the GOP column with Rick Perry on the 2012 GOP ticket and made 55 CA Electoral Votes viable pick-ups.
How CNN's analysts scored the debate
[snip] .....>>> Roland Martin, CNN contributor: "If you're a Latino voter, the last thing you wanted to hear was some of the stuff you heard tonight. Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico will be critical states when it comes to November 2012. The GOP did themselves no favors tonight with Latino voters.
"Education did not come up in this debate at all. The only moment it came up was about abolishing the Department of Education. If you're a parent trying to get your kid educated, not a single candidate offered anything to speak to the crisis we have in this country when it comes to education. Major failure in that."<<<.....
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Bookmarked. You are hereby on record as supporting pandering for votes. Sad fact is, a majority of Hispanics are opposed to illegal immigration. In fact, when Proposition 187 first came out in California, Hispanic support for it was over 70%. Hence, not only are you supporting racist pandering, but you are wrong too.
Nobody will ever "fix" education. The problem with education is not funding, or lack of programs. Even the Teacher's Union, which cares more about teacher benefits than students' educations, is not the #1 culprit (that's #2).
It's THE PARENTS. More specifically, lack of a father. So many kids in school, especially in urban districts, don't give two sh*ts about doing well in school, either because they weren't raised to value education, or they can't speak English, or have horrible living conditions at home - all the fault of the parents and usually due to no father at all, or a worthless one if he does exist. However, no politican can be elected by standing up and saying that education sucks because of the parents, or, lack of a parent in the home (usually dad).