{"id":124,"date":"2008-07-20T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/?p=124"},"modified":"2008-07-20T20:08:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T03:08:39","slug":"mccain-school-choice-the-naacp-and-the-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/20\/mccain-school-choice-the-naacp-and-the-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain, School Choice, the NAACP and the Feds"},"content":{"rendered":"

John McCain to NAACP: It’s Time for School Choice<\/a><\/p>\n

John McCain told the NAACP this morning that after decades of broken promises by the nation’s public school systems it is time to give all parents an easy choice of public and private schools. He is right, so long as he doesn’t propose a private school choice program at the national level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the link are some excellent comments about proper limits for federal involvement in a school choice program.<\/p>\n

Nationally, blacks <\/a>want school choice<\/a>. <\/em>Obama, as usual, is trying to have it both ways<\/a>. Don’t expect a clear statement on the issue from him, given that his primary constituency, blacks, wants school choice, but his primary enabling constituency, the teachers union, does not. Actually, expect several clear statements from him, just don’t expect them to agree, and expect his campaign surrogates to spin in various directions, depending on who they’re talking to.<\/p>\n

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