Another BIG Endorsement for Dean

[slinkerwink]

From ABC's "The Note"....

"Is the National Education Association's New Hampshire affiliate on the verge of endorsing? (Or "recommending," as they say in NEA-speak!)


Sources familiar with the union's deliberations tells ABC the NEA's Granite State folks will endorse Howard Dean before tomorrow's ABC News/WMUR presidential debate.


It is no secret that the Dean folks have exerted heaps of energy wooing the board, which was expected to issue its candidate verdict this week. Dean was the first candidate to visit with the union's leaders and returned on repeated occasions. He spoke to a group of 400 at the union's annual meeting in March and, we are told, was very well received.


This is BIG NEWS for Team Dean as NEA NH brings with it 14,000 members as the largest education association in the state."

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html

[hey2370]

1. The NEA shares Dean's disdain for No Child Left Behind

Since he is the only candidate talking about it, it makes sense that they will endorse him, not just in NH , but in every other state as well.

ON EDIT: Just another example of how many light-years ahead of the competition Dean is in recognizing the issues that matter both to the Dem base and the country as a whole.

But...but....he's never been a general so he's unelectable! ;-)

[ldoolin]

8. No Child Left Behind

I was very disappointed to see the way that abomination rolled through Congress with only token Democratic opposition. We need to get more Democrats with backbone elected to the House and Senate to keep this kind of thing from ever passing again.

Dean's speaking out on it is one of several reasons why I settled on him as my candidate of choice early on.

[joeybee12]

2. Good news--seems like they see which way the wind is blowing

Doesn't help, also, that he's courted them.

[ozone_man]

3. Dean has always been very strong on education.

There is nothing fickle about his support of the public school system and he understands the failures of standardized testing, etc. He sent his kids through public schools.

He does have his "finger on the pulse" of the country, however.

[slinkerwink]

4. and he's a doctor......so he knows how to monitor pulses

;-)

[Rowdyboy]

5. And they just keep rolling in...

The Juggernaut continues!

Congrats, guys!

[slinkerwink]

7. thanks!

:hi:

[mandyky]

6. Rep Dingle from MI on CSpan this morning

says it is either Dean or Clark for him. One caller asked about a Dean Clark ticket and said that would be a definite winner. Not sure when he'll decide and formally announce, maybe after the first multiple primary day with AZ, NM, OK, SC, etc.

[DemNoir]

9. I can smell that old

Air of inevitability...

[slinkerwink]

10. and it's a very sweet smell so far....

;-)