nothing artificial. it s all that sweet ever needs to be. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. mitt romney said that president obama has chosen his side in this fight that you sided withes the unions and another time last spring he said he can t talk up reform while indulging in groups that block it. well, you know, i think governor romney and a number of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher bashing. when i meet teachers all across the country they are so dedicated to their kids and what we tried to do is actually break through this left/right, conservative/liberal gridlock and that s what my key reform has been all about, race to the top. what we ve said to school districts is, you ve got to
it s important, we certainly are committed to it part of that is a conversation with president obama, that the today show s savannah guthrie conducted. i want to play a portion of that about where the political debate is now. mitt romney said that president obama has chosen his side in this fight. that you sided with the unions. and another time last spring, he said he can t talk of reform while indulging in groups that block it. well, you know, i think governor romney and a numb of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher-bashing. when i meet teachers all across the country, they re so devoted, so dedicated to their kids. and what we ve tried to do is actually break through this left-right conservative-liberal gridlock and that s what my key reform has been all about. a race to the top. more of that education nation interview with president obama tuesday and wednesday on the today show. plus a live conversation with governor romney at education nation, tha
are committed to it part of that is a conversation with president obama, that the today show s savannah guthrie conducted. i want to play a portion of that about where the political debate is now. mitt romney said that president obama has chosen his side in this fight. that you sided with the unions. and another time last spring, he said he can t talk of reform while indulging in groups that block it. well, you know, i think governor romney and a numb of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher-bashing. when i meet teachers all across the country, they re so devoted, so dedicated to their kids. and what we ve tried to do is actually break through this left-right conservative-liberal gridlock and that s what my key reform has been all about. a race to the top. more of that education nation interview with president obama tuesday and wednesday on the today show. plus a live conversation with governor romney at education nation, that summit on tuesday. quickly fr
lower rates. make it a better tax climate for everyone, for everyone and make sure that we get people to work. a regulatory climate where small businesses want to thrive and grow. it s been the opposite as the president, i would say he tried, but his policies failed. let me end on one issue that s important to us as nbc news, that s the issue of education, a big summit we re beginning, education nation today. thank you for doing that. it s important, we certainly are committed to it part of that is a conversation with president obama, that the today show s savannah guthrie conducted. i want to play a portion of that about where the political debate is now. mitt romney said that president obama has chosen his side in this fight. that you sided with the unions. and another time last spring, he said he can t talk of reform while indulging in groups that block it. well, you know, i think governor romney and a numb of folks try to politicize the issue and do a lot of teacher-b
has become national pastime. i think part of what s important is this is the first time we have seen a teacher s union to take a stand against that. i think you also see that when they do, you have parents and students supporting those teachers, which runs counter to everything i think we have been told and everything in this kind of strike that you have seen in the media. so i think it shows that this is the first in the step of fighting back against what has been these kind of scorched earth policies and teacher bashing for people like rahm emanuel. it is a chance to stand up for quality public education. i mentioned i have a sister who is a parent in the school. she went out to get this stuff to make plasma with the kids. she was handed this flier that says mitt romney and paul ryan stand with rahm emanuel. basically, rahm emanuel is mitt