National Education Association Launches $15 Million Campaign

Hotline editor Jeremy Jacobs has the details:

It looks like some Democrats might finally be getting some serious help from third party groups. The National Education Association announced Wednesday that it is launching a $15M campaign for the run up to Election Day.

The effort will be welcome among Democrats, many of whom have seen conservative third party groups air ads in their races. The NEA is planning TV ads and mailings in House and Senate races, urging voters to support "pro-public education candidates."

Here's a sampling of the ads:



Education is one of those sleeper issues that the establishment media tend to ignore but which voters don't; polling indicates that Americans care significantly more about the issue than those inside the Beltway, and CNN recently found education to be the third most important issue to Americans. It is also an issue upon which Democrats crush Republicans. Talking about the GOP push to abolish the Department of Education -- a position just 25 percent of Americans are enthusiastic about or are even comfortable with, according to NBC News polling (.pdf), which also found a whopping 67 percent with reservations or discomfort towards the position -- can only serve to help the Democrats.