The Left Strikes Back: NEA Launches $15M Ad Campaign
It looks like some Democrats might finally be getting some serious help from third party groups. The National Education Association announced Wednesday that it is launching a $15M campaign for the run up to Election Day.
The effort will be welcome among Democrats, many of whom have seen conservative third party groups air ads in their races. The NEA is planning TV ads and mailings in House and Senate races, urging voters to support "pro-public education candidates."
On Wednesday, the group sent 75K mail pieces on behalf of Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC), a freshman congressman who worked as a social studies teacher before being elected. It also went up on the air on behalf of Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) and Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH), two top targets for the GOP.
"It's about informing voters and helping them make the right choice," said Karen White, the director of NEA's Campaigns and Elections Department. "Are we going to continue to head in the right direction by electing champions to Capitol Hill who will keep fighting for public education, or are we going to vote in people who want to dramatically slash education funding and give tax breaks to millionaires and companies that ship our jobs overseas?"
The announcement comes after a Wednesday Wall Street Journal story detailed how many groups on the left are cutting off Democrats they have supported in previous cycles. Kissell was one of the Democrats who isn't receiving help from labor, after his election was a major priority for them in 2008.
Check out the Mitchell ad below.
Wait until the movie "Waiting for Superman" comes out and shows that the unions like NEA back mediocrity in order to protect their jobs at the expense of children. Since when is it the federal government's job to be involved in education as Congress does not have constitutional authority to be involved in this.