On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 6, 2012, at 9:48 AM, James Leveque wrote:
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> > This is, of course, keeping in mind that the Dems were never really a
> > union party to begin with. But I am saying that it's had a functional,
> > if deeply exploitative, relationship with unions. Now it just looks
> > like the party is willing to sacrifice even that relationship.
>
> It wants the PMCs who are liberal on social issues and centrist on fiscal
> policy - the portion of the elite repelled by the yahooism of the
> Republicans. The PMC does not like unions, though, so unions are expendable.
>
> You've got to wonder, though, what would happen if the unions stopped
> writing checks and working phone banks. Not that they will, any time soon.
>
> Doug
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