Obama Blinks

What to make of this report in which the Obama Administration will push to preserve vouchers for children in DC?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that poor children getting vouchers to attend private schools in the District of Columbia should be allowed to stay there, putting the Obama administration at odds with Democrats trying to end the program.

Duncan opposes vouchers, he said in an interview with The Associated Press. But he said Washington is a special case, and kids already in private schools on the public dime should be allowed to continue.

"I don't think it makes sense to take kids out of a school where they're happy and safe and satisfied and learning," Duncan told said. "I think those kids need to stay in their school."

What about kids who are not "happy and safe and satisfied and learning"?

 

Clearly, President Obama is at odds with congressional Democrats who are pushing strongly to eliminate school vouchers. In my view, the administration blinked because of William McGurn's essay using a strategy straight out of the Democrat's playbook, the victim vs Democrats tactic.

 

A transcript of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs's response to the McGurn essay can be read at Powerline.