NEA Wants to Play

NEA Wants to Play

Don't you even believe it. One of the most powerful and liberal unions in the country wants to make nice with conservatives? What's their angle? (Other than courting the party in power?)

NEA 'reaching out' from the left to GOP

NEW ORLEANS — The president of the National Education Association acknowledges that the union is left-wing politically and 90 percent pro-Democrat but says he wants to reach out more to Republicans.

"I think many [Republican leaders in the Bush administration and Congress] feel as though we may not support as many Republicans as Democrats. That has been true in the past," NEA President Reg Weaver told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview at the conclusion of the union's annual convention here.