. >> i go to suffolk university in boston. i am originally from vermont. >> what have you learned? >> i learned that this is where the action is. it has been eye opening and as other people have mentioned, i felt that government was open. going to senators and members of congress's office. >> it has been opened in what regard? >> despite the events on saturday, it really is the people's house and we can go visit our representatives and for the most part. they took us quite seriously. >> why are you interested in this? >> professional politics major. i am not sure that is what i want to continue with after seeing the effect of the professionalization of politics. but just the d.c. experience. >> anything disappoint you? >> not particularly except that some people we have met with seeing tour the resigned to the fact that there are irreconcilable differences. i think that is very realistic but it is a bit disappointed to see the people just for their hands of a lot of times and think this is where the things are and we know there is not the political will or the good will to pass cer

my name is haley, and i go to suffolk, university. i'm originally from north carolina, vermont. >> what have you learned? >> i wanted to see where the action is, and it has been really eye opening. like other people have mentioned, i actually felt government was very open here. just going to centers and members of congress' offices. >> it has been opened in what regard? >> open in that despite the event on saturday, it really is the people's house, and we can go see our representatives come and for the most part they took us quite seriously. >> what are you interested in this anyway? >> i am a professional politics maj. i'm not sure that is what i want to continue with, but really just to see the d.c. experience and see where the action is. >> anything disappointing? >> not particularly, except perhaps that some people we have met with seem resigned to the fact that there are irreconcilable differences, which i think is very realistic but it is a bit disappointing to see that people just throw their hands up and think this is where th

whitney from suffolk university.s wondering if you have a particular preference on the most reliable form of voting, whether it be the letter or paper? -- the lever or paper? >> a good question. each piece of equipment is unique and has its pluses and minuses. the key is, i advise county and state governments, you have to understand what those pluses are, but more importantly what the minuses are. and be able to think whether or not you can manage those minuses. indeed, we have seen that with the electronic equipment, the concern with not having a physical ballett -- -- a physical ballett -- electronics have benefits. as this country, we are governed more by the model livable ballots, that becomes easier to do with electronic. if you have to print five different versions of that ballot, you're printing costs go up the was due. again, it is the pluses and minuses. basically, the electronics, you are investing front end, but in the long run the feeling is that you will save money. because with optical scan, you are not

i'm ashley and i go to suffolk university in boston. my question is, in 2009 "time" magazine poll stated that jon stewart voted with 44% of the vote to be the most trusted newscaster and coming in second was brian williams with 29% of the vote. do you think that this is not only alarming but an accurate e depiction of how people get their news today and who people trust in teling them the news? >> that's a very, very good question. and i could be dead wrong on this but my sense is that people watch jon stewart to be entertained. and they watch brian williams to get the news. and that most people in this country, unfortunately, choose to be entertained much more than they choose to be informed. and so, more people may end up watching jon stewart. the fact is that brian gets, i don't know what? 20 times more viewers than jon stewart but jon stewart lives in this cable world which has emerged with enormous clout. jon stewart is capable of having a big event on the mall. why? because he wants a big event on the mall. i've never met jon stew

whitney from suffolk university. i was wondering if you have a particular preference on the most reliable form of voting, whether it be the letter or paper? -- the lever or paper? >> a good question. each piece of equipment is unique and has its pluses and minuses. the key is, i advise county and state governments, you have to understand what those pluses are, but more importantly what the minuses are. and be able to think whether or not you can manage those minuses. indeed, we have seen that with the electronic equipment, the concern with not having a physical ballett -- -- a physical ballett -- electronics have benefits. as this country, we are governed more by the model livable ballots, that becomes easier to do with electronic. if you have to print five different versions of that ballot, you're printing costs go up the was due. again, it is the pluses and minuses. basically, the electronics, you are investing front end, but in the long run the feeling is that you will save money. because with optical scan, you ar

. >> i'm from suffolk university and i'm from massachusetts where it's required we have health care and why are people opposed to it when it is beneficial to them. >> why i'm opposed to -- >> why are people opposed to buying health care when it seems to be beneficial? >> because of the costs and because of all the requirements that go with it. part of the problem with health care -- and it's been a progressive thing. the states have managed to screw it up to a large stept by creating man -- extent by creating mandates saying if you are going to sell insurance in this state, you are going to have to provide benefits for this, this, this and this. and it's like saying you only drive one kind of a car and complete cadillac. maybe someone wants to drive a volkswagen, but you can't do that, because of all the mandates and costs that are built in. wouldn't it be nice if you could pick and choose the insurance you want to have yourself covered for and we can't do that any longer. that's part of the problem. plus the fact we're told you have to buy this insurance and the costs are already going

. >> i am also from suffolk university, and while there is a lot of local administration and providesour flexibility it seems to believe there is such a diversity in the administration. given that, do you think that they are positive steps there should be more federal oversight?hñ(ñ(ñ >> that's a very good question. following the 2000 election is the degree to which people didn't understand there was the diversity. the was the one big lesson we all learned after 2000 is that it is different out there. it takes into account what are the local circumstances. by doing it that those local levels, they understand it's easier for their role farmers to come in to some place to vote on a paper ballot than it is -- or to send out about what's more so than to come into a polling place, farming or whenever the case may become so it is that localized knowledge that comes into play. i'm one of those that like the localized knowledge, the you do need to take into account some overarching parameters and that is part of what he did but it put into place understanding the basic structure so still leav

. >> good morning, roxanne taylor from suffolk university in boston, massachusetts. my question is do see a lot of advanced than we would've reported from newspapers to tv stupider net. so what changes do you see for the way we report news in say 10 years? >> well, i think there's a huge change coming and it's taken me a lot of time to appreciate it, but clearly news is migrating to the internet and that's where people are going to get their news from. so for all the worry about what's going on with newspapers were the major nightly news broadcasts, the reality is now that news has -- if you're looking for breaking news, people don't go to the major networks anywhere. they go to cable. they go to cable news. and even more so now, from what we're starting to see, puget said a study on this, people are going to the internet. if you think about how people get their news off the internet, they get them from major news brands, but then they quickly go on to blog and they're going to do some research, exploration, a little reporting on the road so they can try and find out

. >> good morning, roxanne taylor from suffolk university in boston, massachusetts.y question is do see a lot of advanced than we would've reported from newspapers to tv stupider net. so what changes do you see for the way we report news in say 10 years? >> well, i think there's a huge change coming and it's taken me a lot of time to appreciate it, but clearly news is migrating to the internet and that's where people are going to get their news from. so for all the worry about what's going on with newspapers were the major nightly news broadcasts, the reality is now that news has -- if you're looking for breaking news, people don't go to the major networks anywhere. they go to cable. they go to cable news. and even more so now, from what we're starting to see, puget said a study on this, people are going to the internet. if you think about how people get their news off the internet, they get them from major news brands, but then they quickly go on to blog and they're going to do some research, exploration, a little reporting on the road so they can try and find out w

. >> good morning, roxanne taylor from suffolk university in boston, massachusetts.questio is do see a lot of advanced than we would've reported from newspapers to tv stupider net. what changes do yousee for the way we report news in say 10 years? >> well, i think there's a huge change coming and it's taken me a lot of time to appreciate it, but clearly news is migrating to the internet and that's where people are going to get their news from. so for all the worry about what's going on with newspapers were the major nightly news broadcasts, the reality is now that news has -- if you're looking for breaking news, people don't go to the major networks anywhere. they go to cable. they go to cable news. and even more so now, from what we're starting to see, puget said a study on this, people are going to the internet. if you think about how people get their news off the internet, they get them from major news brands, but then they quickly go on to blog and they're going to do some research, exploration, a little reporting on the road so they can try and find out what is

i am from suffolk university s outside boston. >> i think that the gatekeepers ofo ant generations have media. i wonder if a limited number of gatekeepers is, perhaps,curacy concerning and am wondering ifm. you think a hybrid system of network and cable this could phs work if cable is was dropped into the news level and was clearly identified. wor >> that is fascinating. i wish that he would read thelan paper of that thid ng. that would be interesting. find out if there is some way of bringing traditional networkth news and cable news together.atn there have been discussions, bye the way, between cbs and cnn about coming together, but there is the motivation is money. the motivation is to try to stoo the hemorrhaging of losses ands to create a t combination that would cove hr the news and make money. that is the mystery. that is the secret. that secretncover itth would be a huge publicncovr service. so, your question is right on woul target. a there are dozens of seriousti people working on that problem, but i have not seen -- maybe i'm just not informed enough, but i but i have not see