progress. but i have not written off the idea that the united states and russia are going to continue to have common interests even as we have some profound differences on some other issues. where our interests overlap, we should pursue common action. where we have differences we should be candid about them, try to manage those differences but not sugar coat them. one area where we have a difference is on the issue of syria. russia has a longstanding relationship with the assad regime, and as a consequence, it has been very difficult to get russia working through the security council to acknowledge some of the terrible behavior of
but i have not written off the idea that the united states and russia are going to continue to have common interests, even as we have some very profund differences on some other issues. and where our interests overlap, we should pursue common action. where we ve got differences, we should be candid about them. try to manage those differences but not sugarcoat them. one area where weem got a significant difference right now is the situation in syria. russia has a long-standing relationship with the assad regime. and as a consequence, it has been very difficult to get russia working through the security council to acknowledge some of the terrible behavior of the assad regime.
additional progress. but i have not written off the idea that the united states and russia are going to continue to have common interests, even as we have some very profound differences on some other issues. and where our interests overlap, we should pursue common action. where we ve got differences, we should be candid about them. try to manage those differences, but not sugar coat them. one area where we ve got a significant difference right now is the situation in syria. russia has a long-standing relationship with the assad regime. and as a consequence, it has been very difficult to get russia working through the security council to acknowledge
the traditional sense. other groups do put out model bills. the national conference of state legislatures does the exact same thing, but what it does do is it has this membership group that s not just legislators. 300 corporations. that makes up most of their money and so they basically convene policy task forces to come up with the best kind of legislation for those groups both for the corporations and for conservative lawmakers because honestly, their interests overlap. conservatives want less government. they want less taxes. they want less regulation. and in many cases, corporations want the same thing but not in all. what is interesting to me is that the stand your ground law and the fact that alec was behind that law and its furtherance in other states led to greater public scrutiny of alec. have you companies that have cut ties including coca-cola, intuit, mars, mcdonald s, pepsico and wendy s.