WASHINGTON -- Standing on his presidential limousine, Lyndon Johnson, campaigning in Providence, R.I., in September 1964, bellowed through a bullhorn: "We're in favor of a lot of things and we're against mighty few." This was a synopsis of what he had said four months earlier.
There's a debate among economists about why a college degree is worth so much. That the credential is valuable is not in doubt. According to the Pew Research Center, college graduates earn about $17,500 more annually than high school grads. Why?
What a difference two months make. Back in March, Republican David Jolly was in a competitive congressional special election battling former state CFO Alex Sink who was well-known across the state for being the Democratic gubernatorial candidate back in 2010.
