Indiana passing a school choice plan considered to be one of the most sweeping in the nation makes me smile for two reasons. One, as a Mitch Daniels supporter and a voter who put school reform at the top of the list, he once again has the record to meet the rhetoric (much like with health care reform).
The other is all the self appointed arbitrators of truuuuuue conservatism who pissed and moaned a few months ago (during the Obama Campaign organized union protests in Wisconsin over public employees having to contribute a little to their benefits) because Mitch Daniels wasn’t angry enough when the Indiana Democrats fled the state. The basic logic was that Gov. Daniels didn’t answer a question the way they wanted him to…therefore he’s not qualified to run for President. Yeah, I know.
Apparently Daniels knew a) what he was doing, and b) what was best for his state (something conservatives are supposed to appreciate). He’s talked aboot education reform before in editorials and his State of the State address, but now there’s actual legislation to help give parents more of a choice where they send their kids to school. Among the details…
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