Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Will liberals finally jump the Rhee ship?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Will liberals finally jump the Rhee ship?

Will liberals finally jump the Rhee ship?

by Mike Klonsky

Arne Duncan stumps for Fenty/Rhee in D.C.

This must be embarrassing for liberal Democrats who lauded Michelle Rhee when she was D.C.'s schools chief or who were moved by her anti-public-school demagogy in the film, Waiting For Superman. Now Rhee has planted herself squarely in the camp of the extreme right-wing where she has become a T-Party favorite and the darling of ultra-conservatives like the DeVos family. She recently joined the team of Florida's right-wing governor,Rick Scott, as a high-paid consultant.

On Tuesday, Rhee keynoted the DeVos-sponsored national school voucher summit. Rhee told the audience of