During the debate Lehrer said that the banking meltdown precludes any real uptick in government spending no matter who gets in. So he asked — given the thin tax revenues and big debts – what would be the one program for which a candidate would add revenue.

Obama said “I’d still like to expand early education”.

What does he actually mean by that, and why did single it out of all the items on his agenda?

Interesting answer at freerepublic. it has to do with ayers

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091543/posts

fwiw I lived across the street from Bank Street College during those years. coincidence? I think so. But in those years my opinions were fairly congruent to that liberal neighborhood. From time to time I keep in touch with some of the guys I knew from that time and place. They have also moved away from that neighborhood but their liberal frame has not changed.

To columbia’s credit there is an increasingly active conservative alumni association that checks in over at freerepublic–but they’re a raindrop in the liberal tide there.