I am skeptical about the political power of school opening. Only about 1/4 of voters have school age kids at home. Many are in states like FL where there's full in-person. Many others are wary of reopening. But many conservative writers live in slow-opening blue jurisdictions...
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/1387597613113950208
Where you need to be for this to matter politically -- a slow-opening jurisdiction in a swing state, and a parent who wanted schools more open -- it's actually a very small slice of the electorate. Obviously everything is on the margin, and I support more opening on the merit.
And of course this issue will all be over by September. Even in California, you have state lawmakers talking about how they'll force the districts open in the fall.
Looking back at @TPCarney's tweet, what he says isn't in direct conflict with this and maybe I read in a political implication that wasn't there. It's true that this has been a huge issue in millions of people's lives.
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