democratic senators are up for reelection this year than -- in 2014, than republicans. 21 democrats. 21 emocrats2014 compared to 14 for the republicans in 2014, and look at this. neither democratsor republicans have a claim right now on popularity. in fact, according to a recent gallup poll, 48% say the democratic party unfavorably. that's a big increase from 43% just after last year's election. by comparison, 53% see the g.o.p. unfavorablely. the mainstream liberal media is not giving that attention, not much attention to public democratic spats, in fact, senator mark pryor, up for reelection in arkansas next year tells "polico," quote, i think president obama, in some ways, has a hard left agenda in various ways, and that agenda is not popular in our state, and a lot of that agenda, i don't support. now, that was pretty carefully worded, wasn't it? the most popular democrat in the country these days is certainly not president obama. it is former secretary of state hillary clinton. many parties consider her the odds on favorite for 2016, and gibb seems to be a little concern aboout hillary clin

the numbers for republicans, (202) 585-3881. .emocrats, (202) 585-3880 independents and others, (202)85-3882. you can also reach us on facebook. 2005.lo decision was in since then, the economic downturn, financial collapse and the housing collapse. how does the collapse of the housing market play into discussion question mark -- play into discussion? guest: this is a controversial plan. it has been adopted and will be implemented in the city of richmond, california. around inn shopped san bernardino county and other places. the idea is that government would condemn mortgages and would then basically readjust the amount of the mortgage to the homeowner so that the new mortgage would be based on the current market value of the home, rather than the much higher value in these cities at the time the original mortgage was given. is that a private company, mortgage resolution partners, had come up with the scheme whereby they would fund this, localfund governments would condemn mortgages and give the owners of those mortgages what was called just compensation. they would cancel the mortgage

maybe we should perhaps think about common core in terms of not human capital but emocratic citizenry. >> who wants to jump in? >> tough one. i think it really does get to the question on the idea of messaging and how anytime you're asking people to do something that is hard, different, or knew you have to take into account all of the issues that you just raised -- their own history, their own experience. we all have an opinion about it. testing probably has a branding issue akin to a root canal. most people, the idea of being tested makes them nervous him especially when they think about their children and they are concerned about fairness. you have to think about the history and where we have come, but i don't think it can stop you from moving ahead with what you have to do in the hope is that it makes you a lot smarter about how you do it. yes, there has been 30 years of conversation about standards, form, and testing. let's look at that, think what has come to pass and let's use it to our advantage and as sandy said, they do support the common core. they just released a survey as