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Obama Open to Private School Vouchers

Submitted by David Engel, Feb 16, 2008 09:10

The NEA is probably too powerful for Obama to mess with within the Democratic party. It will hurt Obama with his Leftist base. To the NEA and many in the Democratic Party, this position represents blasphemy. The NEA would bang his fingers 100 times with a ruler.

This position could also put him in trouble with NEA-backed superdelegates.


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