It's A Civil War, Not A Partisan One
Things almost always go awry when the national media get involved in local news stories, and that was the case earlier this week when MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell weighed in on the much-discussed Denver school board race taking place next week. Following up on recent coverage in The Nation and on Salon, O'Donnell did a segment with Denver school board candidate Emily Sirota in which he seemed to have the view that the big-money opposition to union-supported Sirota was coming entirely from pro-voucher Republicans. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The Denver race may make the case for campaign limits for school board elections but let's be clear that this fight is not really between Democrats and