Every year, Democratic politicians’ opposition to vouchers gets narrower and narrower, even though there still aren’t a ton of voucher programs around. In fact, one Democratic front-runner, Barack Obama, has not only voted for targeted vouchers (Katrina, etc.) but also indicated he’d support them in other situations. So maybe this is the year for a Dem or two to cross that big divide. Here, Joe Williams calls for a big school voucher proposal from John Edwards, who’s proposing a housing voucher instead (Holy Moses).
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