The promises he had to make in order to head off Sen. Clinton have put the President-elect in a very tight spot over bailing out the automakers. A crisis atmosphere is building, but so far he hasn't made any moves.
The unloved former coach brings UCLA to town for another drubbing of the Huskies. Bad-boy coaches finish with lucrative settlements. Good-guy coaches finish just plain last.
Don't bail the automakers out, and don't bankrupt them. Use the government's purchasing power to transform them to the green economy.
The goals are great, as are the resources. But the new focus risks perpetuating some problems with testing and misses a chance to do more with poor kids in early grades.
President-elect Obama should wait until January before pushing economic legislation. Defeat by a lame-duck Republican president and a rump Congress would not be good for anyone.
