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Date:         Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:42:57 EDT
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Subject:      clippings 21 July

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>      --- Tuesday --- July 21, 1992 --- Vol. 2 --- No. 33 ---
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>          THE NATIONAL UPDATE ON AMERICA'S EDUCATION GOALS
>   An APN publication, supported by The Annie E. Casey Foundation
>          and the Business Coalition for Education Reform
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> *12  ALEXANDER:  SAYS BUSH MORE LIKELY TO CHANGE EDUCATION
>      U.S. Ed Sec Lamar Alexander yesterday said Gov. Bill Clinton
> and Sen. Al Gore are too southern and too liberal to win the
> White House in November.  Alexander said the Democratic
> candidates are traditional liberals whose records belie their
> claims of being moderates (Rob Christensen, RALEIGH NEWS AND
> OBSERVER).
>      "I think their accents are wrong for the North, and their
> issues are wrong for the South," Alexander said in Raleigh, NC.
> The OBSERVER writes that "with the Clinton-Gore ticket enjoying a
> surge in the polls since last week's Democratic National
> Convention, the Bush campaign moved quickly to stem the
> Democrats' momentum."
>      Democratic Party spokesman Christopher Geis responded, "They
> just keep trotting out this old liberal dog every election, and
> it won't hunt.  It is a tired, meaningless name-calling
> exercise."
>      Speaking at a luncheon, Alexander also said Bush is more
> likely than Clinton to change public education.  Alexander cited
> approaches to shaking up education, such as providing vouchers to
> allow low- and middle-income parents to send their children to
> the schools of their choice.
>      Alexander also portrayed Clinton as a captive of the
> National Education Association, "which he described as a major
> impediment to improving public education."  Alexander said,
> "What Bill Clinton told the NEA made it sound like he was running
> for president of the NEA and not president of the United States.
> Bill Clinton will not be able to change the country or the
> schools with the National Education Association draped around his
> neck."
>      The paper writes, Alexander failed to note that Clinton "has
> engaged in knockdown battles with the NEA's Arkansas affiliate"
> over competency testing for teachers.  Clinton drew angry
> protests in 1988 from the NC Association of Educators at the NC
> Democratic Convention as a result (7/21).

Regards,

Brett

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