>This description is just mindless by Caldwell. Many of those $1 million
>checks represent hundreds of thousands of union members paying a few bucks
>each into union political warchests. On the other hand, "small" $250 checks
>come overwhelmingly from the upper middle class and even wealthy.
Labor's only a smallish part of the Dem whole. It's exceeded by finance and communications, and given a run for its money by lawyers/lobbyists. See <http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/sector.asp?Cmte=DPC&cycle=2002> for the breakdown.
Doug