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April 11, 2006 08:00 AM UTC
13 Comments
I congratulate Ed on the CEA endorsement… Now we can be reassured that he’ll either waffle on educational issues or he’ll assure your kid has no choice in schools, no accountability, no standards, no performance measures that might lead to any hint of competition and thus better outcomes for the customers (kids).
Stop the presses! I heard there’s a new poll out showing Peggy Lamm has the overwhelming support of masochists in and around Jeffco! In an effort to rally this support, she even tried to crucify herself… The attempt was almost successful, but she was unable to drive in the last stake without any assistance.
I are reel happy to see Ed got them CEA folks to endorse him. I got ejucated at a publik skool and I turned out reel good.
Peggy worked hard to keep Labor and the Teachers from endorsing Ed. Peggy still is under investigation from the Jefferson County DA. Ed Perlmutter supports the Murtha Resolution while Peggy is silent.
At least Pols got it right this time about who a group was endorsing.
Smart move for the CEA. They already know that Peggy will support their positions in Congress, and they threw out this endorsement to try and get Ed a little further away from his pro-voucher stance. While Peggy’s a rock-solid vote for education issues, I bet Ed had to do some quick double-speak for this endorsement.
Ultimate impact on the primary: almost nill.
The CEA has been steadily losing credibility over the last 10 years and hasn’t had a major impact on an election since Romer. The teachers in CD7 know who will really go to bat for them, and it’s not Ed Perlvoucher.
So do you speak for Peggy when you say they’re not a significant organization?
It seems that every time Ed racks up an endorsement there’s a somebody on here claiming that particular organization doesn’t matter. Which organizations do matter for this election?
Frankly I don’t think we’d be hearing comments like this if they’d gone another way.
I think Peggy is fully capable of speaking for herself, RubyBlue. And I think that most people in Democratic politics know just how effective and important the CEA is – especially this cycle.
So you’re saying Peggy wouldn’t have liked to recieve that endorsement?
I hope you’re kidding, because everybody is laughing.
Frankly, Justin, you make me believe that Donny the overzealous Holtzman intern has switched parties. You’re in serious need of growing up.
Um, am I the only one that is confused? This doesn’t seem like an endorsement of the CEA. Instead, it looks like merely a recommendation by the board of the CEA that its members should vote to endorse Ed. I’m not a member of the CEA, but I can only assume that an endorsement doesn’t happen until the MEMBERS of the CEA vote to endorse Ed. Until then, this “endorsement” is not; rather, it is a recommendation.
wagtheblog:
I don’t know how much clearer this can be (from the official campaign press release):
Today, Ed Perlmutter, Democratic candidate for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, announced that the Colorado Education Association (CEA) officially endorsed his campaign for change.
Sure that’s the campaign saying it, but you don’t go making claims like that if the group in question has not, in fact, “officially endorsed” you. I think the CEA would have something pretty strong to say about it if they hadn’t actually endorsed the candidate.
I think the quote you’re confusing is this:
CEA President Ron Brady said, “The Colorado Education Association is pleased to recommend Ed Perlmutter to our members and to the voters in the 7th Congressional District. Throughout his political career, Ed has demonstrated his commitment to public education and to Colorado’s children. That on-going commitment, coupled with his clear understanding of the federal issues affecting Colorado’s school children and school employees, makes Ed Perlmutter the obvious choice to represent us in Washington.”
They’re not recommending Ed just to CEA members, they’re recommending that voters in general support him. The organization has endorsed him.
Taxes are now GUARANTEED to go up in the 7th if Eddie wins.