This, it led to surprising policy outcomes. In indiana, the ivy drug use problem was so pervasive in some communities the state not only had this huge drug problem on its hands with all of the things that go along with that, it had a increase in the kinds of serious diseases that can be spread through people sharing needles. Including hiv that causes aids. In indiana of all places with their very conservative legislature and their very, very, very conservative governor, indiana ended up having to institute a Needle Exchange program. That was both sanctioned by the state and funded by the state. Just because their Public Health crisis around heroin use got so bad. In the state of maine, maine is a state that looks big on the map but has a small population, only 1. 3 Million People in the whole state. The state of maine has had just an incredible problem of people dying from Drug Overdoses last year. Maine has a population slightly bigger than rhode island. 1. 3 million in the state, mai
The debates were amazing. Michelle bachmann and herman cain with the 999 thing. What might have been the nuttiest president ial debate of all that year, got scheduled for late december 2011 and never happened. It got cancelled. A conservative website called news max planned to do a Republican Debate that year between christmas and new years. They had a venue all picked out in des moines, iowa. It was ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. They had a tv network that was set to broadcast the debate. They invited the republican candidates to be there. The candidates started saying no. They started rsvping no. The reason they were offended by the whole process of this debate is they were offended by the person who news max chose to moderate the debate. The first campaigns to object were the campaigns of ron paul and john huntsman. Ultimately mitt romney said the same thing. He said he wouldnt be there. Rick perry and Michelle Bachmann opted out. They had to cancel because the moderator choice was to
On a frigid morning, senator barack obama fired up a crowd of thousands. I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of america. At the statehouse where Abraham Lincoln called on a divided nation to unite, obama pledged to bridge a political divide, offering himself as part of a new generation that can build a more hopeful america. Lets be the generation that makes future generations proud of what we did here. Reporter facing a field of political veterans, he played his newcomer status as an asset. I know that i havent spent a lot of time learning the ways of washington. But ive been there long enough to know that the ways of washington must change. Early polls show him third. Trailing both senator Hillary Clinton and john edwards. Aw. Remember john edwards . That was after john edwards had run as john kerrys Vice President ial running mate but before we learned about his secret second family. In 2008, john edwards and Hillary Clinton were hauth
Now, you may have seen yesterday that the polling group, ppp, Public Policy polling, they had a bunch of new polls out in swing states. And that swing state polling that they released last night basically looked terrible for donald trump. These are the polls that came out last night from ppp arizona, iowa, New Hampshire, ohio, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. And in five of those six swing states, Hillary Clinton is beating donald trump. Only in arizona did they find a trump lead. Last nights ppp poll in arizona had trump up by four points in arizona. But even that is pretty good news for clinton. Reasonably speaking, arizona maybe shouldnt be considered a swing state. President obama lost the state of arizona twice, each time by nine points. Its a very red state in president ial politics. So Hillary Clinton being down by four in arizona, while shes simultaneously leading in pennsylvania and ohio and iowa and New Hampshire and wisconsin, that is pretty good for the democrats right now. So
The unexpected things that has happened all over the country, particularly in the last five years, is that there has been a huge and rapid escalation in heroin use in our country. And also in the number of deaths in all age groups, in all strata of society in all states, from heroin overdoses. And because the heroin epidemic has been so big and because it has not been geographically concentrated in any one place, its been all over, in the cities, in suburbs in rural areas, everywhere. Blue states, red states, everywhere. It has led to some surprising alliances. In terms of people coming together to try to find a solution to this problem. It has led to some surprising policy outcomes. For example, in indiana, the iv drug use problem was so pervasive in some indiana communities the state not only had this huge drug problem on its hands with all the things that go along with that, it also specifically had a huge increase in the kinds of serious diseases that can be spread through people s