decision. they re happy to come after mcconnell any time. he did get it done. i wonder in your view does this show mcconnell has some juice with his caucus or does it suggest he s actually losing his grip on power? i think mitch mcconnell is still the chief strategist, the actual chief strategist of the republican party. you re right. ted cruz, lindsey graham came out criticizing that decision. s there are a lot of other republicans saying they re angry about it. i don t understand why, other than the messaging proposition. when you look at the impact of it, it gives republicans pretty much everything they wanted. those republicans who you saw cast the procedural vote to allow that vloet tote happen, l who they are. moderates or retiring. the incentive message to the base. by the way, in the actual vote 50 to 48, guess how many republicans were on the record raising the debt limit? zero. zero. margaret, in fighting the
tools away from teachers that motivate kids. let s be honest, some kids need more motivation than others, saying guess what, home work is struggling, when they re thinking about dropping out of school we say you don t need to keep trying? this is a school district, that s keeping this in mind, the second largest school district in the country, we re mandating a one size fits all policy for over 700,000 kids. that makes no sense. denise, is it sending the wrong message? amber has a great message. is it sending the wrong incentive message? it s not sending the wrong message. just because kids aren t sitting there doing a math equation doesn t mean they re not learning other ways, and being outside playing and doing what kids should be doing. there s too much home work. my son is also in kindergarten and he had home work the last couple of weeks to get us prepared and it was too much on all of us. one professor said a good thumbnail is ten minutes multiplied by the grade of