The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.

I think good teachers are underpaid.

I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight.

I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he's OK, I guess. About the same as Howard Dean.

I think Bush's immigration proposal is treason and he should be impeached.

There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle.