They will pound him for being a miserable failure as the governor of Massachusetts.

WSJ: What's at Stake in Wisconsin

Eight years ago GM scuttled its first joint venture in China because it was such a miserable failure.

FORBES: The China Connection

He will be hardly hung out to dry if they just miss out, although miserable failure would be another matter.

BBC: Kerr talks a good game

And despite its depressing enumeration of the failure of so many schools, particularly in poorer urban areas, its miserable ending, and the bleakness of its title, the movie also has a message of hope: there are good schools and teachers in America, whose methods could make its education system as good as any in the world if only they were allowed to.

ECONOMIST: Education in America