[kabar]

"The state's two major teachers' unions threw their endorsement to the Greenwich-based challenger in a press event outside a Hartford middle school."

Teachers Back Lamont

[mainepatsfan]

That's going to be tough for Joe to overcome.

[CedarDave]

Here's what the Republican candidate for governor in NM (running against Richardson) had to say about teachers yesterday:

Republican governor candidate John Dendahl isn't exactly courting the teacher vote.
In reacting to test results announced this week, Dendahl said public school teachers skimp on basics because they are too busy teaching the "three S's— sexuality, self-esteem and socialism."
"Instead of teaching the three R's— Reading, Writing and 'rithmetic, schools are too busy trying to teach the three S's," Dendahl said in a statement this week in which he criticized Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson for academic problems in New Mexico public schools.

Obviously it sent the Democrats into reaction mode (adding a fourth "S" -Silly), but it made the front page of the ABQ paper yesterday and no doubt more than a few heads nodded in agreement while drinking their morning coffee.

Dendahl: Teachers Skimp on Basics (NM)