to the kind of reform they need. so even democratic leaders like yourself are saying we need to challenge the unions more. first of all, let me say that the governor of wisconsin is trying to do is break the union. and i don t support that. i don t support the idea that we should eliminate collective bargaining. i think we have to change the paradigm. we re going to have to reform our pension systems in municipal governments and state governments across the country. they ve got to be sustainable for the next generation of workers. samuel gopers said an injury to one is an injury to all. and we ve got to recognize that we can t sustain benefits at these levels. we have to question things that aren t working. when performance isn t coming into accounts at all, when it comes to assignments, transfers, and layoffs in our schools, you have to ask the question, is seniority and tenure working? there is a middle ground where we can find a way to craft a
things around. the most interesting twist here is that former florida governor, jeb bush, is joining the president here today. does that mean no jeb in 2012? with us for prix and prospeech comments are john highland, national political columnist with new york magazine and msnbc contributor dave weigel. jeb bush, arm in arm with barack obama after saying some harsh things in the past when obama is taking shots at his brother. what do you make of that? it s interesting the education reform is one of those issues that to some extent is come to transcend the normal partisan divisions that keep people from being on stage together normally. so you see people joan kline, the former school chancellor here was a big fan of jeb bush s. jeb bush is a big fan of arnie duncan s. so on this issue, you can see jeb bush alongside the president happily as you suggested in your intro, it s the case. most political writers like myself believe jeb bush is not going to run in 2012. no politic