[George W. Bush]

I’m not a teacher but EVERY time I am around one the conversation goes there and I haven’t met one, liberal or conservative who likes it.

Exactly. This is why it's such a great wedge issue against the Dims and the NEA.

En masse, those teachers generally will vote Dim. But give them a Republican who will pull the feds off their backs with useless and time-consuming work on "standards" and some of the teachers will have a real reason to vote for a Republican.

This is why we should be pushing all our GOP candidates to take Fred's position. Better yet, Ron Paul's abolition position (LOL). But hey, incrementalism to abolish or reduce this horror is a Good Thing, whoever our nominee is.

[tiki]

I agree, my first thought was with that position Thompson will get a lot of liberal teacher’s votes. They’ll be supporting him all the way.