Inside Baseball

Two inside baseball items with larger ramifications:

This development in North Dakota means that Margaret Spellings can expect a bums rush from the states. Insiders saying Department may be going soft on teacher quality provisions, and who knows what else?

Also, word is that House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner is now refusing to investigate the Armstrong Williams affair. This is…what do they call it again…a flip flop? Boy, those guys were crazy for investigations, couldn’t get enough, just a few years ago. What’s changed?

Update: Nevermind! Here is what’s changed!