democrats will be sure that it plays. they re going to air that and also going to point to other positions that he s taken, more substantiative positions that they feel are equally controversial and equally out of step with the main stream and likely to offend independent or swing voters, including his suggestion that he might not support social security, including very tough statements he s made on immigration and illegal immigration. they do feel like they got the best draw here, but that doesn t erase many of the sort of inherent electoral advantages that republicans expect that they will benefit from headed into november. more of that coming up later tonight on our nbc news/wall vooet journal poll to validate exactly your on the. ken, thank you very much. coming up next, the fight to improve education. are the teachers unions part of the problem or the solution? dennis von localel joins us next. plus, can israel bomb iran without american help? and send me your thoughts.