Is it because he's black?

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When kids all across the country return to school Tuesday, some will see a welcoming message from President Barack Obama and some won't.

Obama's planned address to students has touched off yet another confrontation with Republican critics, who have battered the White House over health care and now accuse the president of foisting a political agenda on children ...

Schools don't have to show it. But districts across the country have been inundated with phone calls from parents and are struggling to address the controversy that broke out after Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a letter to principals urging schools to tune in.

I'm sorry that the Courant doesn't have a local spin on this (The paper's plagiarism woes are due to its skeleton reporting crew.), because I know for a fact that dittoheads have called admninistrators in at least two Connecticut school districts.

Apparently, BO's aim in the talk is to emphasize responsibility; thus, it's no wonder that Republicans are against it.