March 29, 2006

The Education Governor....er, President?

Gov. Mitt Romney stopped in DC this afternoon after making good on his NFL bet last night in Denver. He gave a power point presentation on education to a standing room only crowd at the American Enterprise Institute. In what he called the "civil rights issue of our time," the Massachusetts Republican laid out a series of education initiatives that he said were effective in his state, emphasizing parental involvement (including teaching abstinence education) and measuring improvement through testing).

Romney touted his state's high marks for both English and math, charter schools and teacher incentives. Taking a page right out from Bush's SOTU playbook, Romney added that "being number one in American doesn't mean you're number one in the world." However he heavily emphasized bi-partisanship in the issue, saying though Dems have considered education a blue issue in the past it really goes "across party lines."

When asked by reporters about exiting Bush CoS Andy Card, Romney said he chatted with the MA native just yesterday regarding his future plans. Though he welcomes him to MA politics ("I don't think Sen. Kennedy has an opponent..."), he knows Card is looking forward to a long rest. Might be time for Andy to take up residence in Nantucket...
[SHIRA R. TOEPLITZ].

Posted at 05:10 PM

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Send her to jail.

ck | 03.30.06 01:53 AM

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