Republicans Back in Education Driver's Seat

By Erik W. Robelen & Michelle R. Davis

Washington

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>>Republicans Back in Education Driver's Seat

Stopping at an airport in Portsmouth, N.H., several days before the midterm elections, President Bush urged voters to support the GOP candidate for the Senate there, Rep. John E. Sununu. But the president's pitch, at least in part, had to do with the senior senator from New Hampshire.

"Electing John Sununu will help us change the leadership in the Senate," the president said. "When we take over the Senate, we will be calling Judd...