Union Says Dems to Take '06 on Economic Issues

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200609/POL20060901b.html

Union Says Dems to Take '06 on Economic Issues
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
September 01, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - According to a new labor union study, voters will care more about their pocketbooks than the war in Iraq or terrorism come November. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers believes the finding is a sign that more Democrats will be elected.

"Voters are looking at this election through the prism of their pocketbooks," said Tom Buffenbarger, president of the Machinists Union, a division of the AFL-CIO, at a news conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

"As we head into this Labor Day weekend, what labor wants is very clear. Labor wants more jobs, tougher utility regulation, lower insurance premiums, shorter daily commutes and more educational equity," Buffenbarger said. "People are hurting, and we need to do something to answer that pain.

"2006 is all about money, more so than war and terrorism," Buffenbarger added.

According to the poll, conducted by Fingerhut Associates, Democrats had a 20 to 30 point advantage on the five issues being touted by the union. Republicans maintained equal advantages over Democrats on national security, the war in Iraq and combating terrorism.

The telephone survey polled 632 likely voters in Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in August.

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[AX10]

1. HOLD ON! On national security, the Dems are only a few points behind..

On Iraq, we are ahead by a respectable margin.

[PresidentWar]

3. After all that's happened....

I cannot believe we could be behind on that at all. What's it going to take for the majority of Amnericans to see that this crop of criminals is BAD, not GOOD for our security?

[Awsi Dooger]

2. It's still the economy

I've been noticing that in the polling for months and particularly in the past few weeks. Every indication is the economy will be the most important vote-determining issue in November. We ignore that at our own ignorant peril.

And it makes perfect sense. To believe people will vote for what is happening on their TV sets instead of their daily lives is nonsense.