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When someone says they will be “sensitive” to the needs of people with disabilities, I get nervous. Being sensitive is like “awareness” campaigns. It doesn’t do anything. One: Hassan and DeVos on vouchers and special ed. Hassan – It’s not just ideas, but how they work in practice. Two: Kaine and DeVos (DeVos – Leave …
There’s a disability-related twist in the Wisconsin Senate race. Ron Johnson, as I understand it, has advocated both for special-ed private-school vouchers and keeping the federal government from inspecting such programs. Russ Feingold is against vouchers and, if we’re going to have them, at least advocates for them being regulated. Wisconsin U.S. Senate campaign rivals …