let me take the first question first. explain why npr should get funding. we re talking about the cop ration for public broadcasting. it s bigger than npr. npr is a series of member station but also about public television. and it s about small stations in particular and what was stated by ron schulyer was an opinion and quickly turned into fact that npr could live without public funding. it s not an established fact. one in five member stations receive 25% of their budget from npr. people don t have access to news because a lot of news station and radio have fallen away. take the state of indiana. if public broadcasting went away there are people in small towns, small stations that wouldn t have access to news. we re strong, we re committed to providing excellent journalism and at the end of the day that s
groups of republican activists last month and they see in mitt romney the ingredients that they are looking for for somebody take on the economy. they think he has the experience to do that. he fits that mold. but they are not sure they trust him. i think it is a hang over from the last campaign and the minute he gets in to this and voters begin to size him up that s the question they will be asking themselves. do i trust this person. michele, i want to ask you about another topic at the organization you work at. you signed a letter basically denouncing what some of these executives did at npr, the stuff that was caught on tape. explain why or why not npr should get federal funding at this point and frankly your expecting that you ll be looking at whether they will have it. let me take the first question first. explain why npr should get funding. we re talking about the cop ration for public broadcasting. it s bigger than npr. npr is a series of member
you signed a letter basically denouncing what some of these executives did at npr, the stuff that was caught on tape. explain why or why not npr should get federal funding at this point. and, frankly, are you expecting that you ll be looking at where they will not have it? let me take the first question first. explain why npr should get funding. a lot of people want to make this about npr, we are talking about the national corporation for public broadcasting. it s bigger than npr. npr is a series of member stations, but it s also about public television and it s about smaller stations in particular. what was stated by ron shiller is an opinion, and it quickly turned into something that is fact, and it s to the established fact. one in five member stations
agents would continue working, however non-essential federal employees would not be working. in addition, passport applications would go unprocessed. there s all these moving parts of the government that will have to stand still. will tell you politically, neither democrats nor republicans want to see that happen. let s talk about the lead story. we spent most of the first block covering wisconsin and how it is shaping the 2012 race now, mark. will voters respond to the gop hard line against collective bargaining. is president obama doing undercover to back unions, the democrats bread-and-butter. 2007 he said if the union was ever out on had issues, i d be the first one out there on the picket lines with them. he hasn t been out there. no, he hasn t been out there. in fact, let s take the first question first. the fact republican governors are taking a hard line on spending in the states, we re seeing republicans taking a hard line in washington d.c., that is
happen. let s talk about the lead story. we spent most of the first block in this broadcast covering the wisconsin and how it is shaping the 2012 race now, mark. that s what i want to talk to you about. will voters respond to the gop hard line against collective bargaining and is president obama doing enough to back unions, the democrats bread and butter? 2007 he said if the union was ever out on had issues, i d be the first one out there on the picket lines with them. he hasn t been out there. no, he hasn t been out there. and, in fact, don, let s take the first question first. the fact republicans, republican governors are taking a hard line on spending in the states, we re seeing republicans taking a hard line in washington d.c., that is absolutely helping with their base. what their base is going to want though, don, is that they continue to keep this hard line all the way through 2011 through 2012. that will help them on election day. at the same time, what democrats need t