{"id":1756,"date":"2009-11-04T10:56:05","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermandorn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2009-11-04T10:56:05","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T14:56:05","slug":"election-results-eh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?p=1756","title":{"rendered":"Election results — eh."},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Rotherham has a tempting interpretation of election results<\/a> (and their effect on federal education politics), but I’m guessing he’s just suffering from living in Virginia this morning. Normally, it’s a very nice state, but I’ve seen some pretty-well-expected “darned my state is going down the tubes” messages from Va. acquaintances over the past 12 hours. <\/p>\n

The more fundamental questions for any domestic initiative are whether health-insurance reform passes this year and what happens with employment in the next 4-5 months. My best guess is that health-insurance reform will pass and employment will start to nudge up but not by leaps and bounds. The result is that the potential for “oh my gosh I have to protect my seat” paranoia by majority Congresscritters will abate as a result of a health-insurance law but that pressure on the employment front will keep members of Congress nervous (regardless of party). <\/p>\n

And, in any case, since the action in education politics is usually at the state level, that’s where the import of yesterday’s elections lies:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n