Nominee for No. 2 Education Job Skirts Controversy that Hounded DeVos

Clare McCann was quoted by McClatchy on the lack of controversy surrounding the nominee for deputy education secretary:

Clare McCann, who serves as deputy director for federal policy at the Higher Education Initiative housed at New America — a Washington-based, center-left think tank — said it wasn’t surprising that Zais’ nomination wasn’t attracting the same attention as DeVos, as “it’s pretty common for the heads of agencies to get a lot more public scrutiny and generally a lot more media attention.”

McCann also conceded that many viewed Zais’ nomination as a “foregone conclusion,” where the votes will break along party lines with Republicans unlikely to unify in strong enough numbers to put his confirmation in jeopardy, if there are any GOP holdouts at all.