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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Who's More Unpopular: Rhee or Romney?

Jersey Jazzman: Who's More Unpopular: Rhee or Romney?:


Who's More Unpopular: Rhee or Romney?

This is interesting:
Hoping that New Yorkers will think of “Romney” as a dirty word, a coalition of labor unions and liberal advocacy groups is beginning a campaign on Thursday to tie the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to defenders of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s education policies.  
The coalition, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, said it planned to highlight donors who supported both Mitt Romney and StudentsFirstNY, a political group formed as a counterweight to teachers’ unions that oppose much of Mr. Bloomberg’s education agenda. 
The line of attack is somewhat selective — the StudentsFirstNY board includes several major