mr. foley, you get the first question of mr. malloy. >> dan lovato announced he has a union questionnaire you filled out committing not to reduce any union member whors state workers or reduce their benefits. he has promised to release this questionnaire soon. my question to you is, have you made any commitments to unions such as this one and please just provide a yes or no answer. >> does tom get to make those rules? >> i think he just did. >> no. no. >> that leaves you with 30 seconds to respond to his answer. >> ok, then do you deny that what you said on a teletown hall meeting to teachers last week it was widely reported in the press, which did provide commitments to preserve tenure, to not have money follow the child, to not support choice to not move to performance pay, do you consider what you said to be accurate? >> you've read my education plan. all the things you mentioned are in that plan. if you want to make teachers the enemy in connecticut, good luck to you. but these are hardworking people doing the best they can

mr. foley, and you do support the death penalty, there are many critics who don't think it should be used. what do you say to them and to your opponent by way of making them understand why you believe it would be appropriate, and what would you do to expedite it? >> first of all, if there was ever an instance where the -- where capital punishment, execution, should apply, it's this case. it's a truly heinous case against three women and a nice faly in a community here in connecticut. i support the death penalty, first of all, a majority of the citizens of connecticut support the death penay and i support it for two reasons. first of all, i think it discourages crimes but an even better argument that i've heard is that corrections officers are safer. somebody is sent to life in prison with no chance of death penalty can kill a corrections offir an there is no further penalty to be put on them. it does jeopardize their safety. i also think there's a fundamental sense of justice related to the dea

mr. foley, you get the first question of mr. malloy. >> dan lovato announced he has a union questionnaire you filled out committing not to reduce any union mber whors state workers or reduce their benefits. he has promised to release this questionnaire soon. my question to you is, have you made any commitments to unions such as this one and please just provide a yes or no answer. >> does tom get to make those rules? >> i think he just did. >> no. no. >> that leaves you with 30 seconds to respond to his answer. >> ok, then do you deny that what you said on a teletown hall meeting to teachers last week it was widely reportedn the press, which did provide commitments to preserve tenure, to not have money follow the child, to not support choice to not move to performance pay, do you consider what you said to be accurate? >> you've read my education plan. all the things you mentioned are in that plan. if you want to make teachers the enemy in connecticut, good luck to you. but these are hardworking people doing the best they can and

. >> mr. foley, according to the numbers from the state department social services, three managed-care companies have $20 million. 72% of their methods -- of their revenue was spent on medical care. what would you do to ensure that they comply with federal law? >> we have a new federal health care law which is a change. for anyone who is head and health care issue in the last two years, you know our health- care system is not responding to the needs of the people being served by it. the new federal health care plan will put tremendous burdens on states, including connecticut, and constitutes a lot of change. in connecticut we actually cover far more people than had been covered in many states. the additional coverage from the health care plan in connecticut is less than many other states. in my health care plan for connecticut, i propose a way of sustaining even further health care coverage to people who are currently not covered in connecticut. one of the opportunities to not only improve healthcar

. >> mr. foley?> we've been pursuing policies for 25 years in connecticut that have made connecticut almost toxic to employers. it's driven jobs out of the state. we need to change direction. we are considered one of the most business unfriendly states in our nation. we have a legislature that's putting mandates on businesses to drive up costs and an unresponsive state government. i can change that. employers will breathe a sigh of relief if i am elected governor because they can have confidence they have a governor listening to their needs and will support job growth and job creation. we need to solve our looming budget deficit. no employer will move here and nobody in connecticut will invest in human capital or property, plant and equipment, until we get our economic house in order and they want to see government spending reduced. they do not want to see taxes increased. i have committed to solving our budget deficit by reducing spending and not increasing taxes. i will provide a tremendous amount

mr. blumenthal, 8 to 12 points, so it is anybody's guess. host: c-span will be covering a debate for them tonight. why is this so competitive? >> yes, we have tom foley, a big republican in the state. former ambassador to ireland. we also have dan molloy, the former mayor of stanford as the democratic nominee. that is matching the senate race in terms of intensity and nastiness. host: thank you for your time. we will be covering that debate tonight. for more about the connecticut governor's race, go to our website, c-span.org. joining us at the table is matt welch with "reason magazine." their cover story -- in the story, you give the top ways to go after the deficit. i want to put on the screen the ways that you recommend going after the deficit. these are the top toys that you recommend going after the deficit. -- ways that you recommend going after the deficit. i want to put the phone numbers on the screen so that you can get your phone calls in. i want to start with what is not on the list. you do not talk about medicare or social security. guest: you cannot be serious ultimately about reducing the runaway growth of government, which has exploded

mr. blumenthal, 8 to 12 points, so it is anybody's guess. host: c-span will be covering a debate for them tonight. why is this so competitive? >> yes, we have tom foley a big republican in the state. former ambassador to ireland. we also have dan molloy, the former mayor of stanford as the democratic nominee. that is matching the senate race in terms of intensity and nastiness. host: thank you for your time. we will be covering that debate be covering that debate tonight. >> that starts in a couple of minutes from now, that of a clock 15 eastern we will have live coverage on c-span. this morning on "washington journal" we ask viewers about paying for higher education. we will show you this until the community college summit gets under way. is "the washington post" with that story. it says that gallup found the increase in those who plan to make little or no contribution to tuition increase, especially among hispanic families. by the way, we will be covering that event. it starts this morning and goes into the afternoon and you can go to c-span.org for our coverage. so, are you paying for college or do you plan to pay for college? texas. a student. wh