[dufekin]

It’s simple really. The right wing conservatives believe in capitalism and therefore pose no threat to the continued existence of Wal-Mart even if they despise the retailer. The left-wing liberal socialists and quasi-communists despise Wal-Mart and will use their big-government powers to terminate it. Wal-Mart consequently desires to endear itself to liberals and to associate itself with their causes to the extent that the regulatory or legal elimination of Wal-Mart hurts those who would promulgate such regulations. Wal-Mart simply plays the political game and wants to associate with the winning liberals.

[Alberta's Child]

Wal-Mart has thoroughly saturated many "red-state" markets already. Their biggest challenge right now is making inroads in heavily urbanized "blue-state" areas (they've been trying for years to open a store in New York City, for example).

It's really that simple.

[JasonC]

I am a threat. After seeing this article, I will never shop there again.