In the frantic final campaigning days of the 2012 election season,
the two Presidential candidates have been trading barbs over their
relationship – or lack thereof – with teachers unions around the country.
While the Chicago teachers strike was going on, Republican
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of
allowing teachers unions to dictate policy to the detriment of their
students. Romney pointed out that Obama went so far as to send his most
visible proxy – Vice President Joe Biden – to speak about the
Administration’s support for the union at their annual convention. In
reply, President Obama has said that Romney’s comments during the strike
amounted to “teacher-bashing.”
