Toledo's Labor Day parade to include Biden, Strickland

[Joanne98]

Source: TB

For Democrats and labor, it's a big deal that Vice President Joe Biden will return to Toledo Monday for the second time in as many weeks.

With polls showing Gov. Ted Strickland trailing Republican opponent John Kasich, the Monday Labor Day parade will be a chance for the national Democratic leadership to inspire a key constituency of the party.

While the Labor Day parade is not overtly political, Democrats tend to get the biggest share of union endorsements, and Ohio is a good place to meet those folks.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ohio had 685,000 union members in 2009.

At 14.2 percent of the wage and salary work force, that's more than the national rate of 12.3 percent.

Read more: http://toledoblade.com/article/20100904/NEWS16/9040330/0/SPORTS10

[canetoad]

1. Shouldn't that read

Big fucking deal? :)

[InkAddict]

2. Will they be singin' "I got plenty of nothin'; nothin' is plenty for you"?

I'd bet Glassmen, Ohioans, and Americans would rather see some living wage jobs than their smiling faces,
But hey - politics on parade....just sayin'