Nation's largest union asks members to back Obama’s reelection

[babylonsister]

Nation's largest union asks members to back Obama’s reelection
By Kevin Bogardus - 05/06/11 11:56 AM ET


The National Education Association (NEA) has asked its members to support President Obama’s bid for a second term in the White House.

The move by the NEA — the country's largest union, with more than 3 million members — shows that labor, a traditional ally of Democrats, is gearing up for the 2012 election.

Labor support will be critical for Obama and for several Senate Democrats who are expected to face tough reelection campaigns.

NEA’s political action committee approved a recommendation Thursday to support Obama's reelection bid. The union’s representative assembly will meet in Chicago in July to vote on the PAC’s recommendation.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/obama-rerun/159687-teachers-union-asks-members-to-support-obamas-reelection

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Premature. To put it mildly.

There's never been a more anti-teacher, pro-privatization regime.

Most of us will wait to see if there's an alternative.

Thanx just the same.

[Kolesar]

3. Hyperbolic. To put it politely

There's never been a more anti-teacher, pro-privatization regime.

Anti-teacher? Never? Really??

[jefferson_dem]

4. Amazing

ignorance.

[JTFrog]

5. Excellent moniker. To put it mildly. n/t

[WonderGrunion]

6. And of course, you know better than the NEA

:eyes:

[emulatorloo]

7. HA HA

[RichGirl]

8. Most of us????

No...YOU can wait!

You can wait for that perfect candidate. You know, the one who agrees with you 100% on every subject and will do everything EXACTLY the way you think it should be done.

The one who will make YOUR WILDEST DREAMS COME TRUE!!

VOTE FOR PEDRO!!!!

[LynneSin]

9. You're right, I mean we've seen how the republicans have been doing with unions

I think over the next 2 years Obama will focus on the domestic since we've pretty much wrapped up the OBL thing.

Unions will overwhelmingly and happily support Obama in 2012.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. I love your screen name. It's so fitting.

:rofl:

[Arkana]

16. How about the last one?

As always, those afflicted with Obama Derangement Syndrome cannot remember the Bush years.

[Phx_Dem]

19. Maybe Ralph Nader will run and you rally behind him.

:rofl:

[johnaries]

23. Anti-teacher? Pro-privatization? Put down the kool-aid.

As for the "anti-teacher" meme, read Duncan's open letter to teachers. And also read the comments from actual teachers:

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2011/05/in-honor-of-teacher-appreciation-week-an-open-letter-from-arne-duncan-to-americas-teachers/

As for "pro-privatization", I can only assume you are talking about the false meme that charter schools are private schools. Yes, some of them are - many of them are not. You should educate yourself on what a charter school really is.

[Hutzpa]

25. From where I stand I see only one

and that's YOU.

[jefferson_dem]

2. Good move. Come out early and strong for re-election of their advocate in the Oval Office.

I hope other labor groups follow the NEA's lead.

[Freddie Stubbs]

27. There will be few if any unions which will not back the President's reelection

[TNLib]

10. Obama hasn't exactly been the pro-labor president that I hoped for

but considering the GOP is on an extreme hyper rampage to dismantle unions I think unions should back him.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. I'm sorry, but what were you "hoping for"? I get so tired of the "Obama

hasn't been this", or "Obama hasn't done that" crowd. We didn't nominate Kucinich, and this president has accomplished more in this short time, than many accomplished in two terms. Watch this Maddow clip. Scroll down to "Rachel Maddow on the Obama Administration Accomplishments:

http://blackwaterdog.wordpress.com/

[TNLib]

17. Personally I was hoping he was the leftist socialist that RWinger portrayed him as

Even though I knew better. He's just not a liberal in my opinion he's a moderate at best. I guess that's as good as it is going to get till the American public grows some sense and starts voting it's own interest. We are going to have to have a strong real populist movement before we see a Kucinich like canidate in the White House.

I think a few more years of pro-coporate (anti labor) government policies, more decline of the middle class and increase tax breaks to the wealthy and I may live to see a real liberal like FDR in office.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. Let's just pray that it's someone who's "kucinich like", because Kooch

doesn't stand a chance. Hell, after 2012, he may not even be in Congress anymore. Did you follow the president's campaign at all? I'm not sure why you thought you'd be getting a "leftist socialist"? The professional punditry always told us that there wasn't much daylight between Obama & Hillary, and we all know that Hillary's no "liberal". So for that reason, I'm not sure why you had any expectation that this president was going be like Kooch.

By the way, are you basing your admiration of Kooch on the things he says, or what he's actually been able to accomplish since 1997? :shrug:

[Citizen Worker]

13. Oh how we sow the seeds of our own demise and then wonder, what the hell happened?

[Brickbat]

14. Looking forward to what state-level organizations do.

[Radical Activist]

15. No surprise.

Seeing the alternatives tends to put things in perspective.

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[great white snark]

21. Cool, more room for others.

Step aside and let the grown ups represent the union.

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[Vidar]

24. As a former teacher & NEA member, I find it discouraging that

the teacher's union is now apparently larger than the AFL-CIO, UAW and Teamsters. I'm very proud of the teachers & nurses in general, and particularly in Wisconsin, but I didn't realize that "big labor's numbers were so badly depleted.

[Freddie Stubbs]

26. Good news

[TheKentuckian]

28. They are suicidal to support their own dismantling and not looking out for the next generations

Obama and Duncan's education deform ought to be scrapped. I hope membership displays more sense than the captured and browbeaten leadership.