Even Massachusetts Dems Aren’t Dems Anymore
April 28th, 2011at 08:13am Posted by Eli
When even Democrats in one of our bluest states are acting like Scott Walker, it’s not hard to see why unions are starting to walk away from them in disgust. 2012 is already likely to be another bad election for the Democrats (who will likely be relying on an inspiring “We may suck, but at least we’re not crazy” campaign strategy), I wonder how much worse it will be if the unions sit on their hands (or boots on the ground, as the case may be).
By the way, I really have to quibble with Mike Elk’s last paragraph here:
While Democrats have been less brazen in their attacks on public employees’ unions, they have still attacked public employees unions. Why is that? It’s because it’s often less politically risky for Democrats weary of taking on the rich to go after unions than to call for higher taxes on the rich.
Saying that Democrats are “weary of taking on the rich” is like me saying I’m tired of fighting Mike Tyson.
