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Romney Says Federal Role in Education Is Taking on Teachers' Unions

Mar 19, 2012 Donna Jablonski | Political Action/Legislation

As Karoli at Crooks & Liars highlights, presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) said Sunday on Fox News Sunday that the main federal role in education should be "to push back against the federal teachers' unions."

"Those federal teachers' unions have too much power," he said. "In some cases, they overwhelm the states, they overwhelm the local school districts."

Romney Is No Better than Perry on Social Security

Sep 13, 2011 Tula Connell | Political Action/Legislation

If you’ve watched any of the Republican primary debates, it’s possible to mistake presidential wannabee Mitt Romney as the voice of reason in that group, most of whom long ago teetered off the edge of rational discourse.