Unions flee from BHO?

Unions Are Fleeing From Obama

Four years ago, Mr. Hopeychangey could run an aggressive campaign against John McCain because he knew that he had unions under his control. Not only are unions a huge source of funding (reportedly, unions provided some $400 million in support in 2008), but they are an incredible source of manpower for get-out-the-vote efforts, nearly always on behalf of Democrats.

This time around, it would appear that unions can't be relied upon quite so much:

The AFL-CIO has told Washington Whispers it will redeploy funds away from political candidates smack dab in the middle of election season, the latest sign that the largest federation of unions in the country could be becoming increasingly disillusioned with President Obama.

The federation says the shift has been in the works for months, and had nothing to do with the president's failure to show in Wisconsin last week, where labor unions led a failed recall election of Governor Scott Walker.

"We wanted to start investing our funds in our own infrastructure and advocacy," AFL-CIO spokesman Josh Goldstein told Whispers. "There will be less contributions to candidates," including President Obama.

While there were "a lot of different opinions" about whether Obama should have gone to Wisconsin, according to Goldstein, "this is not a slight at the president."

The AFL-CIO has been at odds with the president before Wisconsin on issues such as the public health insurance option and renewing the Bush tax cuts.

The shift in funding is significant due to the federation's role in past presidential campaigns, where the AFL-CIO built up a massive political structure in the months leading up the election, including extensive "Get Out The Vote" efforts, as well as financial contributions.

Wonder if these unions are short some $20 million from a recent, ill-advised recall attempt in Wisconsin?

Speaking of Wisconsin

On the night of that now-infamous recall, many media outlets were attempting to spin the results as "meaningless." As Obama spinmeister David Axelrod tweeted on that historic evening:

Bad night in Boston...WI raises big questions for Mitt

We're not entirely sure what he was referring to, but we're guessing it wasn't this:

Mitt Romney now leads President Obama for the first time in Wisconsin where the president's support has fallen to its lowest level to date.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Romney with 47% of the vote to Obama’s 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.

Yeah, you read that correctly. The state that gave us an elected Socialist mayor (of Milwaukee) is now trending towards Mitt Romney.

Uh oh.
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