Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan keynotes Jeb Bush's ed reform conference

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan keynotes Jeb Bush's ed reform conference

Duncan keynotes Jeb Bush's ed reform conference

by Mike Klonsky

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Arne Duncan has long been a favorite of the neocon wing of the Republican Party. He played a big role in pumping new life into a largely discredited Newt Gingrich when he made Gingrich the centerpiece of his road tour. Yesterday, Duncan, with the 2012 elections looming on the horizon, did his best to resuscitate the political corpse of Jeb Bush by keynoting the former Florida gov's 2-day so-called, National Summit on Education Reform in D.C.

According to WaPo's Valerie Strauss:

Education Secretary Arne Duncan gave the keynote speech today; the Republican Bush led a standing ovation for the Democratic Duncan, showing that school reform is, indeed, a bipartisan effort, if not a monolithic one.

The Orlando Sentinel's Mike Thomas writes:

Actually, this isn’t a shock. While Jeb has called President Obama a big spending liberal, and