Re: [arn-l ]Democratic Candidates on NCLB?

[Victor Steinbok <victor.steinbok@verizon.net>]

At 11:44 PM 2/8/2004, George K Cunningham wrote:
> Cathy,
>
> I haven't heard this explicitly, but based on other issues I would say
> that Kerry is in total support of NCLB as well as being completely
> opposed to it.

This is the silliest political statement I've read on this list yet. What 
does "based on other issues" mean? His position on Iraq? On abortion? One 
thing that should be clear from presidential (or even more local) campaigns 
is that one cannot extrapolate a position on one issue from a position on 
another. If that were the case, all the candidates would fall into two 
groups--those taking a certain position on each and every issue, and those 
opposed to them on every position. I've seen some questioning of the NCLB 
from Dean and Kucinic, but I don't recall either one been a very forceful 
position, but it does not look like either one will matter in the end 
(certainly not Kucinic). Kerry and Edwards should be of greatest concern 
(Clark is irrelevant).

        VS-)