Democrats Seek to Impress Unions

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls on Monday brandished their labor credentials before two of the nation's more powerful unions in a hunt for endorsements.


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., speaks at the Service Employees International Union Political Action Conference in Washington, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


In Washington, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd cast himself as the alternative to the Democratic front-runners Hillary Rodman Clinton and Barack Obama, telling union activists that he's the only pro-labor candidate who can actually win the presidency in 2008.

"I know I'm not as well known, I know I'm not as well heeled," Dodd told a meeting of the Service Employees International Union. But "I know how to win elections."

Dodd, who is trailing in the Democratic polls, emphasized his long-term commitment to organized labor, saying he has pushed their issues for his entire 26 years in Congress. "I've been a union guy from the day I entered Congress, I'm a union guy today, and I'll be a union guy inside the White House," Dodd told the crowd of 1,500 purple-shirted union activists.

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[displacedtexan]

1. They're all over at the "Hinckley" Hilton today.

The hotel where Reagan was allegedly shot.

The Repubes were invited, but not one of them showed up.

Shocker!

I saw all of the purple shirts from across the street this morning.

Hillary's car is there now. Obama just left.