massachusetts schools are ranked no. 1 in the nation. this is because i care about education for all of our kids. >> we barely have in three minutes left. i will not raid the two of you and say your answers have been too long. >> you have done a great job. >> the role of government and governing, we only have three minutes left before we go to the closing statements. i want to ask finally -- remember we have three minutes total time. many of the legislative functions of the federal government are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected -- if reelected in your case, what will you do about that? >> i had a great experience of being elected in a state where my legislator -- legislature was 87% democrat. that means we had to work together to get things done. we cut taxes -- >> what will you do as president? >> i will sit down on day one -- actually the day i get elected -- i will continue as we did in my state. we met every monday and talked about the challenges in our state in that case. we have to work on a col

massachusetts schools are number 1. i care about education for our all of our skids. >> jim: we barely have 3 minutes left. i am not going to grade the two of you and say your answers have been too long or i have done a poor job i. you have done a great job. >> jim: but the fact is, the role of government and governorring -- we have lost a pod, in other words. so we only have 3 minutes left, in the debate before we go to your closing at the same times. so i want to ask, finally here -- and remember, we have 3 minutes total time here. and the question is this: many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis, as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected, in your case fre-elected in your case, what would you do about na? governor? >> jim, i had the great experience -- it didn't seem like it at the time, of being elected in a state, where my legislature was 87% democrat. so i figured out from day 1, i had to get along and work across the aisle. we drove our schools to be num

first of all i like the way we did in the massachusetts. i like the fact that in my state we had republicans and democrats come together and work together. what you did instead was to push through a plan without a single republican vote. as a matter of fact, when massachusetts did something quite extraordinary, elected a republican senator to stop obamacare, you pushed it through anyway. so instead of bringing america together and having a discussion on this important topic you pushed throughing something that you and nancy pelosi and harry reid thought was the best answer and drove it through. what we did in a legislature 87% democrat, we worked together. only *r only two voted against the plan by the time i was finished. what was the difference? we didn't raise taxes. you raised them by a trillion dollars under obamacare. we didn't cut medicare. of course, we didn't have medicare but we didn't cut medicare by $716 billion. we didn't put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive. we didn't al

massachusetts schools are ranked number one in the nation. not because i didn't have commitment to education, it's because i care about education for all of our kids. >> gentlemen, look -- excuse me, sir. we've barely got three minutes left. i'm not going to grade the two of you and say your answers have been too long or i've done a poor job. >> you've deny a great job, jim. >> well, the thing is, the role of government and governing, we've lost a pod in other words, we only have three minutes left in the debate before we go to your closing statements, and so i want to ask, finally here, and, remember, we've got three minutes total time here, and the question is this. many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected, re-elected what would you do about that? >> i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the same, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. i had to get along and work across the aisle to get along. we

in massachusetts. because governor romney did a good thing, working with with democrat in the state to set up what is essentially the identical model and as a consequence, people are covered there. it hasn't destroyed jobs. and as a consequence, we now have a system in which we have the opportunity to start bringing down costs as opposed to just leaving millions of people out in the cold. >> lehrer: your five seconds went away a long time ago. governor, tell the president directly why you think what he just said is wrong about obamacare. >> i did with my first statement. >> he did. please elaborate. >> i'll elaborate, exactly right. first of all, i like the twai we did it in massachusetts. i like the fact that in my state, we had republicans and democrats come together and work together. what you did instead was to push through a plan without a single republican vote. as a matter of fact, when massachusetts did something quite extraordinary, elected a republican senator to stop obamacare, you pushed it

massachusetts schools are ranked number 1 in the nation. this is not because i did not pave commitment to education. it is because i care about education for all of our kids. >> excuse me. we barely have three minutes left. i will not grade the two of you and say your answers have been too long or i have done a poor job. >> you have done a great job. >> the fact is, the role of government and governing, we have lost a pot. we only have three minutes left. before we go to your closing statement. i want to ask, finally, here, and remember we have three minutes total time here. the question is this. many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected, or if reelected, what would you do about that? governor? >> i had a great experience of being elected in a state where out -- where mm legislator was 87% democrat. i figured out from day one i had to get along and i had worked across the aisle to get anything done. our schools weee number one in the nation

first of all, i like the way we did it in massachusetts. i like the fact that in my state we had republicans and democrats come together and work together. what you did instead, push through a plan without a single republican vote. as a matter of fact, when massachusetts did something quite extraordinary, elected a republican senator to stop obama care, you pushed it through anyway. entirely on a partisan basis, instead of bringing america together and having a discussion on this important topic, you pushed something through that you and harry reid and nancy pelosi thought was the best answer and drove it through. what we did, we worked together. 200 legislators, only two voted against the plan when i was finished. what are some differences? we didn't raise taxes, we didn't cut medicare. of course we don't have medicare but we didn't cut medicare by $716 billion. we didn't have a board that told people what treatments they could receive. we didn't also do something i think a number of people across this country recognize, which is put peopl

and what we did in massachusetts was a model state by state. the federal government taking over health care for the entire nation is not the course for america to have a stronger more vibrant economy. >> that is a terrific segue to her next segment, and that is the role of government. and role of government and it is -- you are first on this mr. president. and the question is answer this. do you believe, both of you, but you have the first two minutes on the mr. president. is there a dig between of two of you of how you view the federal government. >> obama: definitely we have ditches. the first role is to keep the american people safe. and that is something that i have worked on and thought about every single day that i have been in the oval office but i also believe that government has the capacity -- the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and create frameworks where the american people can succeed. the genius of america is the free enterprise system and freedom. people can smart

when i was governor of massachusetts, to get a high school degree you had to pass an exam. if you graduated in the top quarter of your class we gave you a john and abigail adams scholarship. four years tuition free to the college of your choice in massachusetts that's a public institution. i want to make sure we keep our pell grant program growing. we're also going to have our loan program so that people are able to afford school. but the key thing is to make sure you can get a job when you get out of school. and what's happened over the last four years has been very, very hard for america's young people. i want you to be able to get a job. i know what it takes to get this economy going. with half of college kids graduating this year without a college -- excuse me, without a job, and without a college-level job, that's just unacceptable. like wise you've got more and more debt on your back. so more debt and less jobs. i'm going to change that. i know what it takes to create good job again. i know what it takes to make sure that you have the kind of rve.rtunity you deserve.

i know that you signed an assault weapons ban when you were in massachusetts. obviously with this question you no longer do support that. why is that given the kind of violence that we see sometimes with these mass killings, why is it that you've change yard mind? >> well, candy, in my state, the pro gun folks and the anti-gun folks came together and put together a piece of legislation. and it's referred to as an assault weapon ban, but it had at the signing of the bill both the pro gun and the anti-gun people came together because it provided opportunities for both that both wanted. there were hunting opportunities, for instance, that hadn't previously been available and so forth. so it was a mutually agreed upon piece of legislation. that's what we need more of, candy. what we have right now in washington is a place that's gridlocked. >> so if you could get people to agree to it, you'd be for it. >> we haven't had the leadership in washington to work in a bipartisan basis. i was able to in my state and bring those two together. >> go ahead, mr. president. >>

the reason he was saying that in massachusetts. the reason he said lowering gasoline prices is not necessarily his purpose is there was a time when both parties believes climate change was a real threat. we wanted to signal to the market. republicans no longer believe that, and you notice tonight, we did not hear anything about climate change. >> ezra klein, thank you very much for that. chris hayes with the audible grunt on climate change. >> having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer. you can't talk about it unless you talk about what the stakes are for the climate. it's unlikely we'll see it in the third. who is the more pro coal candidate? who is the more pro coal candidate is who is going to most hastily speed our head long flight of disaster towards a climate future in which we have not higher gas price, higher temperatures. and the thing that's so frustrating is the future farmers of america who will see livelihoods destroyed are not voting in the el