We'll admit right at the top that this probably won't be a lengthy column because frankly in the heat of the August summer burn, we're a little too crispy to discuss the mid-term churn. Today's program was 'ok' (purposely lower case), but it was one of those times where "Meet The Press" is bogged down in its 'the beltway is the country' mode, mostly talking about the mid-term elections.
The problem with discussing the mid-terms is that said discussion is based on polls, which will certainly change and the uncertainty of speculation. If you have read this column before, you know that we try to stay away from that as much as possible.
With that said and because we're feeling a touch of summer burn out, we'll quickly touch on three topics from today's program that earned our attention.
First, Mr. Todd pointed out to Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), head of the DCCC, about the Democratic party putting money behind attack ads on moderate Republicans so that the Democrat in the race will face someone extremely right-wing.
As we've said before this is a dangerous strategy and as Mr. Todd was right to call out the hypocracy of the Democrat party that calls for Republicans to be more moderate and then gets involved in the Republican primary. Mr. Malony didn't have a good answer for this in terms of putting country over party.
Secondly, the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardoza is correct when he says there is a lack of respect for the profession. What he didn't include that while there is this lack of respect, teachers are also used as a political football, which damages them in further. Lack of respect means lack in pay, hence shortages of properly trained professionals. Plus in states like Florida, who wants to be a teacher when if you accidentally say something that's not OK with the state, you're fired. No one wants that hanging over her head.
And in terms of loan forgiveness for college students, we say that to qualify for loan forgiveness, you have to give back with some kind, any kind, of service.
Lastly, and most importantly, forty million people in the United States rely on the Colorado Basin and River for their water and starting in 2023 because of decades of drought, there will be drastic reductions in distibutions. The United States has to rethink and modernize its entire fresh water distribution system if we are going to continue to have food grown in Arizona and California.
Mark our words, in the next century the greatest fight for any natural resource will be for fresh water.
Panel: Ali Vitali, NBC News; Symone Sanders-Townsend, MSNBC; Mark Caputo, NBC News; Brendan Buck, Republican Strategist
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