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Smarmie Doofus

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2. Not exactly encouraging. I'll give ya' that. But.....

Reply to oberliner (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:54 PM

Oct 2012

... his mom was a ps teacher so it's at least possible that ... unlike most of his colleagues in congress... he knows his ass from his elbow where public ed is concerned.

wiki:

>>Murphy is a son of Scott L. Murphy and Catherine Murphy (née Lewczyk). His father is the managing partner of Shipman & Goodwin, a law firm in Hartford, and his mother is a retired ESL teacher from the Hamner Elementary School in Wethersfield. Murphy has one younger sister, Susannah, and one younger brother, Ben.[1][2] He has Irish and Polish ancestry.[3]>>

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I hope Chris Murphy is against Race to the Top because..... [View all] Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 OP

There's a mention of Race to the Top on his website oberliner Oct 2012 #1

Not exactly encouraging. I'll give ya' that. But..... Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 #2

As long as Linda loses oberliner Oct 2012 #3