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Obama's Free Community College Idea May Be Hard Sell Posted: 09 Jan 2015 07:49 PM PST Free community college for all.Conversation-starter? Definitely. Political possibility? Not any time soon.President Obama unveiled the idea in a video posted to Facebook on Thursday night, then pitched it publicly at an event Friday in Knoxville, Tenn."Community colleges should be free for those willing to work for it," Obama told a crowd at Pellissippi State Community College. "It's not a blank check, not a free lunch, but for those willing to do the work…it can be a game changer."The president called a community college education one of the "central pathways to the middle class. ...

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