In support, you can add Bush's No Child Left Behind Act which did the same thing. Bush took the issue away from the left. Now they complain it's not funded but is easily countered by explaining it's fully funded but the left is having problems playing by the rules to get the money. The same thing happened with faith-based charities. These dilute the secular charities, for one thing, and it takes that issue off the table because Bush is doing more than they thought he would. Eventually, we can compare faith-based to secular and make the argument to eliminate those charities that don't work in favor of those that do. In both of these cases a Republican President is doing the things the left has complained about for years, and it allows us to show America how to resolve problems instead of throwing more and more money away on the problem without results. BTW, the same thing happened with welfare reform. It's been a success but the media and left can't bring themselves to admit it.