AFL-CIO President: Democrats Have Been Too Timid

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



Hoping to shape the narrative around the expected loss of Democratic congressional seats in the fall election, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka argued on Tuesday that the lesson learned from the past two years will be that Democrats were too timid with their legislative ambitions.

"Those battle-worn Democrats will understand that they faced tough races not because they did too much but because they did too little," said Trumka.

Speaking to a small group of political reporters from the union federation's offices overlooking the White House, Trumka argued that the president, up until recently, lacked a clear argument for his economic agenda. That, combined with pared-down reform on a host of policy fronts, has left the party in a precarious state -- though one that, Trumka argued, is not as bad as the pundits are predicting. Democrats, he predicted, will hold on to both chambers of Congress.

The union leader was particularly pointed when making the case that Democrats are primarily responsible for their own precarious political states, even if the AFL-CIO helped put them there. He expressed no regrets for a failed attempt to knock off Senator Blanche Lincoln in a Democratic primary, calling the effort (which cost the union millions of dollars) "priceless" and arguing that purging members on matters of principle was, in turn, a principled thing to do. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/05/trumka-primarying-lincoln_n_750740.html

[golddigger]

1. Do'h.

[nashville_brook]

2. yep.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. "Battle worn" HaHaHaHaHa!

The only people they fought were each other. The GOP doesn't have a scratch on them. The only ill-effect on the republicans is they put on 10 lbs from all the butter on their popcorn while they watched our side eviscerate each other over mandated profits to corporations and abortion funding amendments.

"Battle worn."

*giggle*