NO, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN THE UNIONS SAY, "JUMP":

Bipartisan Supporters Call on Congress to Reauthorize D.C. Voucher Program (MARY BRUCE, Sept. 30, 2009, ABC News)

While most children across the country have been in school for several weeks now, 4-year-old Nia Thomas spends her days waiting. Nia is one of 216 students in Washington, D.C., who received federal scholarships last spring to attend local private schools, only to have the funding abruptly revoked by the government.

Her mother, LaTasha Bennett, joined more than 1,000 parents, students and elected officials at a protest today on Capitol Hill to urge Congress, the Education Department and President Obama to change their minds and reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income students.

"These politicians can't put themselves in my shoes," said Bennett, who is now trying privately to raise the $5,700 annual tuition to send Nia to Naylor Roads private school in southeast D.C. "They can't understand our struggle to get our children good educations."

Unless Nia run s a serious GOTV program, why would Democrats care about her?

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 1, 2009 6:06 AM