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rodbarnett Donating Member (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:41 AM
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Losing With A Union Label
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When then-frontrunner Howard Dean netted the endorsement of the huge SEIU and AFSCME unions in November, it was another nail in his rivals' coffins. After all, Dean's labor backing was second only to Dick Gephardt's, and the Iowa caucus, where organization is key, loomed.

Then Iowans voted.

Gephardt placed fourth and exited the race immediately. Dean came in third and never recovered, quitting the race Wednesday. And John Kerry — who at the time was supported by unions representing a mere 300,000 workers to Dean's 3 million — won, and is now poised to secure the Democratic nomination.

Now more unions are joining Kerry. But after the failure of the two candidates with the most union support, the question is whether organized labor will matter on Election Day.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/18/politics/main600894.shtml

comment : looks like a Union endorsement is about as effective as one from Al Gore...... "The Kiss of Death"

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