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*ANGRY TEACHERS*: Just in case the tension between President Obama and the
teachers' unions wasn't acute enough, the American Federation of Teachers'
public affairs staff e-mailed political reporters tonight to point out that
the union had invited President Obama and Vice President Biden to speak at
its annual convention in Seattle, and that both declined. (Both will be out
West tomorrow; Obama in Las Vegas, raising money for Harry Reid, and Biden
raising money in Oregon.) Meanwhile, the government "tested over 45,000
teachers last year to determine whether or not they met the new standards to
receive higher pay. Over 90 percent passed," according to a U.S. official.
Oh, sorry, that's Afghanistan's ministry of education, and the U.S. official
in question is Lieutenant General David Rodriguez. But if it's good for the
goose ... Tomorrow, I'll have more on why the unions are mad at the White
House. (Update: an AFT spokesperson denies any hostile intent with the
release of the information about Biden and Obama. "We sent out the release
to correct the record of Sam Dillon's article in the NYT a couple of days
ago, and a few other articles since then, that left the impression we didn't
invite the Obama Administration to our convention."
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Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Partners
(202) 333-1880
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.co