tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139473470154608935.post3641005703649797074..comments2011-08-15T16:40:23.062-05:00Comments on Education Intersection: How Rick Perry Can Split the Education VoteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139473470154608935.post-58903504929899683162011-08-15T16:40:23.062-05:002011-08-15T16:40:23.062-05:00Thanks for these responses John and Elise. I agree...Thanks for these responses John and Elise. I agree that the pressure is good for the debate, Elise. Right on target. And, John, that mid-westerner might rise up with attractive ed policies yet.Brett Dickersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00715192150958662302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139473470154608935.post-63060310560311096082011-08-15T07:30:54.920-05:002011-08-15T07:30:54.920-05:00I have long worried that a Midwestern Republican c...I have long worried that a Midwestern Republican could defeat President Obama, partially because rank-in-file teachers are so angry at the scapegoating and they would ignore pleas by union leaders to swallow our anger and stick with Obama. It never occured to me that a Perry candidancy could do that too. Your great post scares me. Let's hope it scares Obama.john thompsonhttp://www.thisweekineducation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139473470154608935.post-47386616416716734702011-08-15T07:22:04.103-05:002011-08-15T07:22:04.103-05:00It would take more than these sound bytes for me t...It would take more than these sound bytes for me to support Rick Perry. Yet, I don't mind if he makes these arguments on education to a public that would otherwise remain deaf to progressive perspectives. <br /><br />Perry arrives at conclusions similar to my own on NCLB and RTTT after following an ideology and reasoning path very different form my own. <br /><br />From where I stand, that's okay. As we build a pro-public education movement, we will need to include voices from all ends of the political spectrum.Elise Robillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304615589224691733noreply@blogger.com