Obama to Embrace Charter Schools

Obama to Embrace Charter Schools - TIME

(DAYTON, Ohio) — Barack Obama is promising to double funding for charter schools and replace inferior teachers, embracing education reform proposals normally more popular with Republican candidates...

...The pitch was an appeal to moderate voters in this presidential election swing state...

Folks, this is probably the first of what will be many instances of Obama "stepping in it" as a result of McCain's momentum. It's becoming even more apparent that Obama will say whatever he thinks he needs to get votes wherever he is that day. However, this is one flip-flop that will flop for the junior senator from Illinois.

Think about it for a minute.

What demographic does the mainstream media think Obama is losing as a result of the Sarah Palin announcement? Women.

What group of people is this announcement really going to upset? The teachers union.

What is the teachers union mostly made up of? Women

In an effort to gain "moderates" that prefer charter schools and vouchers, he's going to tick off one of the most powerful lobbies of the left. Not smart, in a political sense.

Who in his own party might he gain support from in this move? African Americans, who overwhelmingly support charter schools and vouchers. The only problem is that 90% of African Americans are already supporting Obama. Once again, politically, not a smart move.

This is what happens when you don't actually believe in anything (or anything you can admit) and change your stance based upon political winds. Obama handlers will now begin make strategic shifts in policy in an effort to win back some of the voters that have shifted and he will continue to 'step in it'.

Perhaps Sarah Palin said it best in her speech:

"we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening. We tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco."