Prediction: union card check will be a big factor in the rust belt states. The union bosses love it, but I can’t imagine that the rank and file are looking forward to it. The prospect of a President BHO, Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Majority Leader Reed ramming this through will motivate a lot of rust belters to vote for McCain.
40% of union members used to be Republicans. The fastest-growing block of new union members is government workers. A couple of the union guys I know are sick of having Obama pushed down their throats in their newsletters and by their thug union bosses. As prejudiced as this may seem, a couple of the union people are not fond in general of African-Americans because their workplace efficiency was compromised for the sake of diversity. Looking at Obama is just a reminder of what they have gone through to make the line “look like America”. They do not feel obligated to, as Chavez says, “vote for the black guy”. They will vote their values, not rank-and-file union demands.