The real question is why President Bush supported the work of a liberal like Ted Kennedy. I expected Bush to develop his own initiative instead of signing on to what Teddy came up with...
Do you really think that at his early stage of presidency and with the uproar of the 2000 election that it would have been passed without strong objection from the democrats. He compromised --the bill had barely made it out of congress and with Bush's signature still wet and the ultraconservatives were yelling foul. Secretary of Education Rod Paige says that there is still lots of money that the schools have not touched. If the democrats are upset with it and the republicans are upset with it then the no party moderates must be happy with it. In my opinion if the teachers are opposed to it, then President Bush has done well.
I expected Bush to develop his own initiative instead of signing on to what Teddy came up with... Yeah, President Bush has plenty of time on his hands and should have developed the education bill, while letting the politicians who are elected to do this particular part of the job sit around.
The way to prove to the world that someone is an idiot, is to shut your mouth, and let them open theirs.
Had President Bush crafted the entire Education Bill, it would have been torn to pieces and voted down. Instead, a bill was passed, and even though we should blame the writer for it's details, we are still blaming President Bush.
He managed to get a bill passed on an important subject, which is a better start than most previous administrations have made.
Maybe the people who put Kennedy in office and keep him there should question him about the Education Bill. YA THINK?
The real question is why President Bush supported the work of a liberal like Ted Kennedy. Uh because he made a campaign promise for an education bill and had to deal with the people who controlled the Seante at the time, the demos.
Heck even ted kenendy is criticizing his own bill now because of the standards.