Today's Question Blog

Do you favor moving authority away from Washington and back to the states?

A recurring theme among Republicans running for president is that they'd like to see more discretion left to the states. For example, Rep. Michele Bachmann wants to abolish the federal Education Department in favor of local and state control, and Gov. Rick Perry wants to use the states as "laboratories of innovation" in health care. Today's Question: Do you favor moving authority away from Washington and back to the states?