I'm definitely not a liberal...I keep my politics out of my lessons though..best I can anyway. I work with MANY right wingers..more than you'd think actually. It may be different in the affluent districts, but I've taught for 12 years in both rural and urban areas and know plenty of like minded teachers.
I know that I stress rigor and discipline as the keys to success...no easy way around it. I'm consistent with this from the moment they walk through my doors until they walk out in May...both of the teachers I work with do exactly the same thing. No goody goody, let's try some new program to make things better crap...work your a$$ off and you'll be successful. Maybe that's why our test scores are stellar despite most of the district being far behind the progress they are supposed to maintain.