In one of the presidential debates, McCain started going on about getting war veterans into schools to teach. Stupid! Sign up for our free daily newsletter, along with occasional offers for programs that support our journalism. He mentions teacher retention as a problem, but his only stated solutions are to “pair experienced teachers with new recruits” and “provide incentives” to enable teachers to have planning time together. It’s as if McCain thinks let’s let anyone come and teach, anyone can do it. He says he’ll reform it and start by funding the law. and the Minister - Ronald Kessler, Wall Street Journal, - Hillary's New Conservative
Going to Feel Cheated, Dems
He recently said 2013 was a reasonable date for achieving that goal and ending U.S. involvement. - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics, - Obama
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Obama's Success - Joe Klein, Time, - Obama's
“(The) reason that it’s a problem to go shopping state by state — you know what insurance companies will do, they will find a state — maybe Arizona, maybe another state, where there are no requirements for you to get cancer screenings, where there are no requirements for you to have to get pre-existing conditions, and they will all set up shop there,” began the senator from Illinois. Consequences, Obama
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Obama (D) +7.6. He talks about giving funding to states to recruit teachers who graduate in the top 25% of their class. Want a More Isolationist Foreign Policy? In the third (I think it was) debate, the one in which they were sat together at a table and McCain did his angry grandpa routine, it came up and, to be honest, neither went into much detail. An
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Will Happen With Florida? Test-Marketed, Running-Mate
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Wright, What Took Obama So Long? Are At Fault - The Economist, - It's the War Economy,
Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Obama tied McCain to what he characterized as Bush Administration mistakes and repeatedly laid out detailed plans. Copyright (c) 2020 The Nation Company LLC. and the Minister, Hillary's New Conservative
McCain, an Arizona senator, opposed Bush’s cuts when they were passed in 2001 and 2003 because he said they would increase the budget deficit and disproportionately favor the wealthy. That’s what we’ve been going through for the last eight years. Calls Into Question Obama's Judgment - Peter Wehner, Nat'l Review, - The Dangers of
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Poll Date Sample MoE. - Kathleen Parker, RealClearPolitics, - Adventures
That makes health care a moral issue. Obama
& Racists & Sexists, Oh My! Obama's
He’s a bit vague on NCLB. But as the two contenders outlined their proposals for health care reform, the depth of their difference became clear. All by himself? McCain said, “(What) is at stake here in this health care issue is the fundamental difference between myself and Senator Obama. - Mark Murray, NBC News, - White
Idaho students have until Friday to seek emergency funds. He starts saying, government will do this and government will do that, and then government will, and he’ll impose mandates.”. SNL Effect - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, - The
- Jonathan Chait, The New Republic, - The Risks and Rewards of Obama - Ronald
to End the War in Iraq - Senator Hillary Clinton, GW University, - Obama,
Incentive payments for good teachers who relocate to “challenging” schools, for Maths and Science teachers, and also for teachers “who raise student achievement and enhance the school-wide learning environment,” a promise so vague it means nothing. Poll Date Sample MoE. To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at blogs.reuters.com/trail08/. Remarks Spark Debate, Obama's
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Now? USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration McCain opposes amending the pact and says it has been beneficial. A place to dump, refine and connect my thinking about education. Their websites then prompted me to read up on things like charter schools, vouchers and the delightfully titled No Child Left Behind, which you can read on other pages in this section. Keys to Pennsylvania - Terry Madonna & Michael Young, RCP, - Infighting
Research, Gallup
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Obama v McCain: foreign policy A s the presidential campaign ends, the views of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on the international predicament of the United States have grown closer: both insist that the US faces many powerful threats abroad, that the Bush administration has done an inadequate job of combating them, and both call for radical new strategies. It’s long over anyway, but during the presidential election campaign I was interested to see what the candidates had to say about education. Pastor Remarks, Clinton's Hopes for
VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Consequences - Nicholas von Hoffman, Nation, - Obama
In the wake of the Democrats’ victories in the midterm 2006 election, the results reflected the first time in 76 years that the party won two back-to-back elections on the national level, making consecutive gains in Congress. For Reprints and Permissions, click here. I’m not clear, though, if he means the top 25% of all graduates, or the top 25% on a teacher training programme. 'Crucifixion' - L. Lerer & M. Allen, The Politico, - Pastor's
The contrasts between McCain, 71, a white former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war, and Obama, 46, a black Harvard Law School graduate and former community organizer, go far beyond the personal. Obama amassed 365 votes in the Electoral College by carrying 28 states, against McCain’s 173 votes, gathered from 22 states. Mark Sanford, Wall Street Journal, - This is Why
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Party Won't Overrule Obama Delegate Win - Peter Brown, Politico, - Why
Sea-Change Election? Alex Johnson, MSNBC, - Democrats Might Not
Reception. Historical Amnesia About Slavery Is a Tool of White Supremacy. Risks Dems' Key Voters - David Shribman, Pitt Post-Gazette, - For Progressives, A
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is Asking Voters to Excuse Jeremiah Wright - Stanley Kurtz, NRO, -
Inconsistencies - Michael Gerson, Washington Post, - Do Voters
Campaign Has Been Fatally Damaged - Paul Burka, Texas Monthly, - Ready
If schools are being allowed to poach teachers fro each other, wouldn’t that undermine collaboration and trust amongst local schools?). Addressing Obama, a woman in the studio audience at the second presidential debate on the Nashville campus of Belmont University said, "Senator, selling health care coverage in America as the marketable commodity has become a very profitable industry. Eloquent Speech Masks
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Obama referred to “this fundamental difference,” and he was correct. It’s long over anyway, but during the presidential election campaign I was interested to see what the candidates had to say about education. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Pastor Questions Aren't Going Away - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO, -
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GOP delegates could watch Bush at their nominating convention via a live telecast. on His Record, Tax Cuts & Immigration - Hannity & Colmes, - Democrats
Risk Losing a Generation With Clinton - Ron Dzwonkowski, Detroit FP, - Generation Obama? Obama: How Does He
Brownstein, National Journal, - What Will Obama Cost the Nation? He proposes that parents of children in failing public schools are given “vouchers” – these vouchers enable parents to send their children to the school of their choice (public or private). Not-So-Secret Support for Obama, Comparing
He believes in deregulation in every circumstance. News/Wall St. Jrnl, ABC
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“Everybody goes to Delaware, because they’ve got… pretty loose laws when it comes to things like credit cards. - Jonathan Martin, The Politico, - Don't Discount Clinton's Strength in
Minister of Hate - New York Post, - Wright and
Speech Was Brilliant, But... - Michael Crowley, The New Republic. White
He will double funding for charter schools. Generation Obama? But at least they don’t believe that, as Bush did in 2000, that you can simply improve education by passing a law. Tracking, USA
Risk Losing a Generation With Clinton. Addressing Obama, a woman in the studio audience at the second presidential debate on the Nashville campus of Belmont University said, “Senator, selling health care coverage in America as the marketable commodity has become a very profitable industry.”, Then, she asked, “Do you believe health care should be treated as a commodity?”. Obama blasts McCain’s economic leadership and his ties to Washington lobbyists, saying the Republican’s presidency would amount to Bush’s third term. Campaign Has Been Fatally Damaged, Ready
You can read our Privacy Policy here. McCain would use tax credits to help shift from employer-based insurance coverage to an open market system where people can choose from competing policies. In the third (I think it was) debate, the one in which they were sat together at a table and McCain did his angry grandpa routine, it came up and, to be honest, neither went into much detail. “I think it’s a responsibility,” responded the Republican nominee for president. ( Log Out / Their ideological gulf is most evident on two issues usually ranked in opinion polls as the top concerns of American voters -- the Iraq war and the faltering economy. Obama would keep the existing job-based system and expand government involvement. Is
Unlike Bush, McCain has addressed global warming as a legitimate problem and supports federal spending on stem-cell research. “Senator McCain?”. All General Election: McCain vs. Obama Polling Data, - Veep Choice Must Be
Sign up for POLITICO Playbook and get the latest news, every morning — in your inbox. undergraduate or graduate teacher training. Honest, Honorable Candidate. “On the two big-ticket issues, they couldn’t be farther apart,” said Dan Schnur, a California-based Republican consultant and a McCain aide during his 2000 presidential bid. Math: Dems Need Strickland - George Will, Washington Post, - The Dems' Surrogate Circus - John Mercurio,
The two already have clashed over Obama’s opposition to McCain’s idea of a summer holiday from the federal gasoline tax. Paralysis - Abe Greenwald, Contentions, - Talent, Not Race, Explains
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", Then, she asked, "Do you believe health care should be treated as a commodity?". “Quick discussion: Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility?” said the NBC newsman. Jones, Esquire, - Obama: I
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Math: Dems Need Strickland, Don't Discount Clinton's Strength in
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Obama’s accumulated a total of 69.5 million votes, the highest amount ever won by a presidential candidate. Are At Fault. From: to: Polling Data. Honest, Honorable Candidate - Alan Wolfe, The New Republic, - Obama's
Remarks Spark Debate - Thomas Edsall, Huffington Post, - Obama's
And he recognises that “teachers should not be forced to spend the academic year preparing students to fill in bubbles on standardised tests” required by NCLB – which is actually pretty obvious – but he doesn’t say he’ll change the requirement, and he doesn’t really say anything about reforming the law. Pastor Problem - Brian Ross, Good Morning America, - The
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Pastor Questions Aren't Going Away. In Identity Politics - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, -
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Res. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. At a point in the American journey when tens of millions of Americans have no health care coverage, when tens of millions of additional Americans have insufficient coverage and when tens of millions more worry about losing not just a job but the health care benefits that go with employment, the difference between a candidate who says that health care is “a right” versus one who says that it is “a responsibility” could not be more stark. They started banging on about vouchers and charter schools, neither of which I understood at the time. Monsters
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Change ), Department of Education, University of Bath, Association for Teacher Education in Europe, European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Institute of Education and Social Policy, Blitzed cities still deprived 75 years after war, Scotland becomes first part of UK to ban smacking, Manchester clubs urged to pay staff 'real living wage', 'Toxic lockdown' sees huge rise in babies harmed or killed, New lockdown: Manchester University students pull down campus fences, Covid-19: All pupils and staff must wear masks in secondary school corridors, Mass exodus of students is expected as lockdown starts, Covid: Teacher suspended after working with positive test. -
Audits Forged, Nearly $1M Missing - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics, - Obama's Iraq
“You’ve got two very different views of the world presented in stark relief.”. That comparison of McCain’s response to the health-care crisis — deregulation — with the missteps and misdeeds that created the current financial crisis was as spot on as it was devastating. Opens Up on Rezko, Like
Want a More Isolationist Foreign Policy? UK students: how are you affected by the lockdown in England? For Progressives, A
Obama referred to “this fundamental difference,” and he was correct. I think similar things happen in Canada. Obama called it a political stunt that would provide little help, while McCain said the idea could give a slight boost to struggling families seeking a vacation. Right For Keeping the Faith - Rick Daugherty, PA Morning Call, - The
He identifies 3 main problem areas: teacher retention, lack of funding (specifically relating to No Child Left behind) and soaring college costs. Minister of Hate, Wright and
Nightmare of 2009. National Journal, - Why is Obama's Pastor in the News? Miller, Newsweek, - Pastor
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Now? Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination over rival Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York on Tuesday and immediately turned his attention to McCain with a rally in St. Paul, Minnesota -- site of the Republican convention in September. Friends - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer, - Monsters
You've Crossed the Line - Charles Pluckhahn, Seattle Times, - The
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His big idea seems to be parental choice (or school choice), which he also calls “equality of choice“. Pastor Problem, The
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) decisively defeated Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in a contest for the White House while the Democrats netted eight more Senate seats and 21 House seats. As you notice, he starts talking about government. Pitting Race Against Gender - Gary Younge, The Guardian, -
There is more in his education plan – more bits and pieces – but I don’t have enough enthusiasm to go on. The governorships of 11 states and two U.S. territories were also contested. the Wright Problem - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic, - McCain
Can't Stay Silent on Iraq, The
It is easy, and appropriate, to criticize Obama and McCain for offering inperfect, and … Free Ride Will Cost Dems in Fall, Time
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Instead “he will improve the assessments” – What? From: to: Polling Data. Press/GfK, Democracy
52.1. Rationale for Bid in Jeopardy Over Wright - Tom Bevan, RCP, - Why Obama Can't Escape His
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the Democrats Won't Fracture, Spitzer and the Law
Their recent sparring over Obama’s willingness to speak to hostile foreign leaders without preconditions was a warm-up for what promises to be a rancorous five-month run-up to November’s election. On My
The presidential election held on this day in 2008 was the first since 1952 in which neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice president was a candidate. Reports, NBC
Beyond the Noise on
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Obama's Rules - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, - Sorry, Hillary:
They started banging on about vouchers and charter schools, neither of … Hillary is Staying in the Race - John Podhoretz, Contentions, - The Pastor Story Behind the Story
Will Happen With Florida? I think, and hope, the former. - Jennifer Rubin, Contentions, - Attacks on Obama, Wright are Ludicrous -
the Democrats Won't Fracture - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call, - Spitzer and the Law
It is easy, and appropriate, to criticize Obama and McCain for offering inperfect, and inadequate, proposals for addressing this country’s health care crisis. John McCain believes that health care is a responsibility — a burden that some Americans will be able to shoulder while some will not. (Lake)*, Battleground
This was also the first and only election in which neither candidate was born in the contiguous United States: Obama was born in Hawaii and McCain was born in a military base in the Panamanian Canal Zone. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain head into their general election race for the White House with vastly different approaches to the thorniest political issues, from Iraq and diplomacy to taxes and health care. Research, Pew
“Anything that reminds people of Bush hurts McCain, at least until he decides to step away from him and become a maverick again,” Zogby said. Patton, McCain Wants to Win - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, - The Deep Blue Divide - Julia Baird, Newsweek, - Dems Enter WWI Phase - Jonathan
Walks Arrogance Line, Pelosi's
Clinton Making Obama Unelectable? (Traditional)*, Gallup
Wright, What Took Obama So Long? Opens Up on Rezko - John Kass, Chicago Tribune, -
( Log Out / When it comes to the health care debate, these candidates are not two sides of the same coin. (Tarrance)*, Rasmussen
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Has The Media Been Fair to Obama's Church? The two candidates have sharply different approaches to health care reform, which consistently ranks as the second-biggest domestic issue after the economy in national opinion polls. Strategies, ABC/Wash
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Obama responded at some length, without actually answering the question. And in that situation, what happens is… that the protections you have, the consumer protections that you need, you’re not going to have available to you.”, “That,” he concluded, “is a fundamental difference that I have with Senator McCain. On accountability he will support schools rather than punish them. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. But they come from different generations and backgrounds, and their priorities and approach to the rest of … ( Log Out / Friends. Pastor
REUTERS/Jim Young (L)/Jason Reed (R). Missing out on the latest scoops? Need Florida - Adam Smith, St. Petersburg Times, - Obama
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Barack Obama recognizes this fundamental fact. Growing Democratic Racial Divide, The Fiscal
Trusted Rezko, The