alice in wonderland came in second. harry potter and the deathly hollows part one at three. inception was the fourth biggest winner. the third twilight movie came in at sixth. iron man 2 is at number seven. number eight despicable me. and rounding out the top ten, how to train your dragon. but, does big money at the box office translate into the big glitzy awards? remember at the oscars the hurt locker wrestled the best picture out of the hands of avatar? one of my favorites. will we see a similar story this year? inception, the sci-fi thriller took in $825 million, a blockbuster, but is there an indy flick set to turn the award season into a nightmare for the
limits on such spending. in a moment, we ll debate whether that s a good or bad idea and the impact. but first, let s break down some numbers on campaign spending. it s worth noting that most americans don t give any money to political campaigns. $200 or more in contributions this year, 0.21%. less than 1% of americans have given even $200 or a little bit more to campaigns. of course, some people have given more than $2,300, but it is such a small number, it is statistically insignificant. worth remembering as we remember the conversation. let s take a closer look at ad spending so far in this campaign. this is as of today. outside groups, tv ad spending, more than $113 million. the republican and the democratic parties combined, about $825 million. that s of today. this number is on reports filed as of june. we know it s gone way up. but these are federal candidates, candidates running for the house and senate, $641 million as of june. of course that number s jumped up quite a bit as
some controversy. in new jersey, the latest job casualties, spanish teachers, being replaced by computers. as several public school districts look to squeeze under the state spending cap. in randolph, they re honing in on spanish classes for grades 3 through 5. i think the nature of education is going to change dramatically. will there still be a need for teachers? absolutely. in the wake of a $825 million school aid reduction, the town is saving nearly $100,000 by introducing an interactive computer program called reset at that stone to the children. the move is getting mixed reviews. the program marries pictures with words and when prompted students speak spanish into the microphone and the computer talks back. however, some critics argue the children are missing out on human interaction. they say it s essential in communicating in a foreign language. # (speaking spanish).
like scott brown are getting elected in massachusetts. democrats want to know what s going on in the world. this is why scott brown got elected to ted kennedy s seat because special interests on the hard left just don t get it while working-class democrats do. you re absolutely right about scott brown, joe. i d like to ask, governor, you said 1.5% paying into the health care plan. what do they pay in now? zero. that is staggering! their whole life. state employees in new jersey pay nothing into the health plan? 1.5%, the majority of teachers in new jersey pay nothing from the day they re hired until the day they die. this year i didn t know that. this year in our budget we re paying $825 million for teacher retiree health benefits. teacher retiree health benefits. but if i m working for the new jersey state transportation department, i m out there with the roadside rest area today, what do i pay into my health plan today?
let s bring in jim doyle, he joins us live from madison this morning. governor, why don t we start by talking about the politics. because despite everything that the president said and economists believe this is still a very, very difficult political point to sell. how come? well, because the republicans have just decided they re going to say no to everything. we have a very good example in wisconsin. we ve received $825 million for high-speed rail to connect chicago to milwaukee, milwaukee to madison and ultimately over to the twin cities. republicans in wisconsin would reject that money and have it go to texas or some other state. so they re taking this we re going to say no to everything, sort of a nonsensical position. and that s made it difficult for the president to work through it. but his statement was exactly correct. in wisconsin, we have not laid off teachers. we have not laid off policemen