[r9etb]

And, as has been oft discussed, this is a huge political issue for 2012. Wisconsin and Ohio are swing states and public worker unions are the most important Democratic constituency, providing the largest bloc of the party’s financial support, reliable votes and ground troops for getting out other voters. A loss here for Democrats and unions would be a damaging blow to Obama’s reelection hopes. Obama needs a union win and needs to show his union patrons that he is with them in the struggle.

A smart political campaign could make good use of this fact.

[Qbert]

Yep. Not only is he damaged goods on these issues, but after losing on Citizens United, he's now potentially in jeopardy of losing millions in forced donations to the DNC from unions.