Reply #12: All good points.

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I look a little more closely at E.E.'s remarks; at least someone *said* something about it, which is better than silence.

Edwards was my #2 in '04. In the current crop, he edges Richardson by a hair, mainly due to Richardson's strong DLC connections (although I hear he has "drifted away" the last couple of years), and a more personal distaste for his trophy hunting excursion on Ted Turner's ranch. Still, Richardson gets kudos from me for declaring, out loud at a debate, that he'd get rid of NCLB. Only 2 candidates got to answer that question (3, if you count Dodd jumping in on the next question to rant about accountability), and I'd like to hear every single one of them answer it directly.

I've spoken to DK personally about NCLB, and I know he "gets" the problem. The whole philosophy underpinning it, one of blame and punish, is the antithesis of his world view. What has Edwards said, directly, about NCLB?