politics of the common core. what's struck me about the issue, it landeded on my radar. there was a presidential cattle call in new hampshire a couple of week ago. the republican prospects for 2016 came up. . i tuned in because i have no life and i watch these things. i expected the usual obamacare bashing. what i heard was common core. this seems to be replacing obamacare as the rallying cry on the right. i want to ask you about that. there is a poll taken last july, july of 2013, asking people about common core. will it improve or hurt educational outcomes, qualities. republicans, 44% said improve. it was not controversial among republicans then. i'm noticing in the last three to six months there's been a major change at the grassroots level in the republican party that forced big name republicans not to change their position but trumpet this. i watched jeb bush go to an