Posted by
Defend America on Saturday, November 07, 2009 8:49:42 AM
Tuesday's Biggest Loser: the Union Agenda
The GOP victories reveal fissures in the coalition that elected Barack Obama.
If
you were watching television on Tuesday night as the election returns
came in showing Republicans capturing the governorships of Virginia and
New Jersey, you probably missed seeing the biggest losers of the
evening. You may have caught the concession speech of Creigh Deeds, who
ran 12% behind Barack Obama's winning percentage of the vote in
Virginia, and that of Jon Corzine who, after spending over $100 million
of his own money on three campaigns, ran 13% behind Obama's winning
percentage in New Jersey and got evicted from Drumthwacket, the
governor's mansion in Princeton.
But you missed seeing the guy who may have been the biggest loser of
all—a man who according to recently released White House logs has been
a guest in the White House 22 times since Barack Obama became
president, more than any other single individual.
That man is Andy Stern, who has
boasted that the Service Employees International Union, which he heads,
ponied up something like $60 million for Barack Obama and other
Democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle. Altogether, Mr. Stern and other
labor union leaders reportedly gave Democrats some $400 million last
year.
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