Minnesota’s Kline and the future of federal education policy
John Kline (MinnPost photo by Bill Kelley)
WASHINGTON — One day after taking what he called a “shellacking” at the hands of voters, President Barack Obama stood in the East Room of the White House looking for examples of issues where he’ll find common ground over the next two years.
Republicans will hold the House gavel in the 112th session, beginning in January 2011, and came within a few seats of capturing the Senate as well. On balance, these new Republican arrivals are far more conservative than the Republicans they replaced or the Democrats they unseated.
“I think that there are some areas where it’s going to be very difficult for us to agree on,” President Obama said. These are, after all, lawmakers who campaigned hard against much of the health care reform, stimulus and