Unions Considering Primary Challenges to Turncoat Dem Senators

[WI_DEM]

The National Journal is reporting that union leaders on the AFL-CIO's executive committee are discussing possibly backing primary challenges to certain Democratic senators.

United Steelworkers President Leo W. Gerard said of the labor chieftains' discussion, "A number of us expressed our dismay with some of the senators from the Democratic Party who have held up and helped delay not only the passage of the health care bill but all kinds of other things that would help middle-class workers."

The prospect of encouraging Democratic primary challenges will be raised with the Steelworkers' executive board when it meets next month, he added. Three senators' names will be brought up specifically, Gerard said: Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Lincoln is up for re-election this year; the terms of Lieberman and Nelson run through 2012.

"I, for one, am not prepared to work for Democrats who are going to help play that Republican game of just trying to stop legislation."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/29/831782/-Unions-Considering-Primary-Challenges-to-Turncoat-Dem-Senators-

[Purveyor]

1. "not prepared to work for Democrats who are going to help play that Republican game"

Hear, hear!!!

[Romulox]

2. Sounds like Astro Turfing to me. I'm not hearing much support for mandatory insurance

from the rank and file. :hi:

[Union Yes]

3. Solidarity. I stand with unions! knr nt

[bvar22]

4. To their list, I would add:

Evan Bayh, (Blue Dog Republicrat, Indiana) Up for re-election 2010.

And ESPECIALLY Arlen Specter, (Republican running for the Democratic seat in Pennsylvania)
Joe Sestak is a legitimate Progressive Democrat opposing Specter for this seat,



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