it was kind of, you know, let s try this, let s see how this works out. i ve seen two different approaches, right? one idea, develop qualified high school teachers to become adjunct community college professors so they could teach college courses in the high schools and align the schools to share costs. bowman and barry saw dozens of high school teachers become college professors, and thanks to their strong partnership, concurrent enrollment has grown dramatically. in 2006/2007 there were only 26 students taking college classes in aurora public schools. during the last academic year, there were over 1,200. at the community college of aurora, one in four students is now a high school student. psychology tells us that in fact, concurrent enrollment became so widespread in aurora high schools that a
other sunni groups, even some of the sunni groups that the u.s. worked with during the sunni awakening back in 2006/2007 to try to get them back on board, supporting the central government if nuri al maliki goes. anderson, stay right there. i want to go to capitol hill to our chief congressional reporter, dana bash. i can t imagine, dana, that there is excitement about the announcement that president obama is about to make, whether it s from democrats or republicans, even though there have been several on both sides calling for some steps to be taken, it is a capitol hill that is wary of war as the american people are these days. reporter: incredibly wary. for better or worse, these are the people who represent their con state wepts who have, over the years, become very lee luck tant and very wary. and that is especially so when you re talking about the president s fellow democrats here on capitol hill. nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house, said point blank this mor
my gosh, i m beginning to think there s more freedom in north korea sometimes than there is in the united states. when i go to the airport i have to get in the surrender position. people put hands all over me. i have to provide photo i.d. and a couple different forms and prove i really am not going to terrorize the airplane. but if i want to go vote, i don t need a thing. this weekend mike huckabee, rand paul, ted cruz and other potential 2016 presidential candidates gathered at the new hampshire freedom summit, an event organized by citizens united and americans for prosperity. that offered the 2016 contenders to tell the conservative base what it wants to hear in an early primary year. and that of course may be the problem. joining me now nbc contributor steve schmidt. here s my feeling about watching this happen. the party has been locked at this impasse since all the way back in 2006/2007. when your old boss mccain tried
back in 2006/2007. when your old boss mccain tried to get it passed. the whole thing blew up. i ve been hearing from six or seven or eight years from republican insiders the establishment wants to get past this impasse. they want some sort of comprehensive bill. i look at where the base is, and nothing seems to have moved. here s part of the fundamental problem, chris, that republicans have, as you start to think about 2016. if you look at just the states that democrats have won, six out of the last six elections, they have 242 electoral votes. doesn t count virginia, doesn t count north carolina. doesn t count ohio. the fact is the electorate will be 2% less white in 2016 than it was in 2012. 2% less white, of course, than it was in 2008.
this impasse since all the way back in 2006/2007. when your old boss joran mccain tried to get it passed. the whole thing blew up. i ve been hearing from six or seven or eight years from republican insiders the establishment wants to get past this impasse. they want some sort of comprehensive bill. i look at where the base is, and nothing seems to have moved. here s part of the fundamental problem, chris, that republicans have, as you start to think about 2016. if you look at just the states that democrats have won, six out of the last six elections, they have 242 electoral votes. doesn t count virginia, doesn t count north carolina. doesn t count ohio. the fact is the electorate will be 2% less white in 2016 than it was in 2012. 2% less white, of course, than it was in 2008. mitt romney gets 59% of the white vote and gets 191 electoral votes and a generation