Alloweve we should private colleges and universities to compete with public universities because it is competition that provides better opportunities. If they have a higher loan default rate, lets tighten the standards. Lets not put colleges or universities out of business as the senator has done. I believe greater use of technology such as learning over the web, taking advantage of the very best teachers would provide a way to bring down some of the cost of education. We need to move in those directions. The next question is from laura washington. Voters say they are turned off by all the negative and misleading ads of the campaign. Same here. In one of your ads, you accused your opponent of spying on citizens, putting millions of dollars in his own pocket and being the father of d. C. Gridlock. What is the factual basis for those allegations . Public documents show he has received in excess of 9 million of lobbyist money. Clearly, that is influenced some of his votes in legislation.