Won’t Get Fooled Again… Again
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten delivered a speech before the National Press Club this morning titled, “A New Path Forward.”
By my count, this is about the 10th new path forward since I began covering the national teachers’ unions, and most of them get launched with a speech at the National Press Club. The speeches always generate stories in the Washington Post and USA Today, and if the Wall Street Journal doesn’t cover it, Bloomberg will. The Post and New York Times weigh in with editorials, generating blog posts and follow-on commentary, and then it all gradually fades away until the requisite number of moons have passed and the next new path forward is presented.
Since breaking the cycle is sure to open the Hellmouth, I’ll simply direct you to the blog post I wrote upon the occasion of Weingarten’s last National Press Club speech, delivered November 17, 2008. Alexander Russo compiled the press clippings for that one, and the text of the speech is still available on the United Federation of Teachers web site.
January 14th, 2010 at 11:13
[...] coup de grace, however, has to go to the venerable Mike Antonucci who insists he won’t get fooled again: By my count, this is about the 10th new path forward since I began covering the national [...]
January 17th, 2010 at 10:53
[...] Randi Weingarten’s speech from last week. Take the crazed Mike Antonucci (please!). In his first post about the speech he suggests Randi was all smoke and mirrors and only said what she has said a [...]