Comments on: UAW Region 4 (including MN) Endorses Obama

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:05:57 +0000

Does anyone else find it odd that Sen. Clinton, the apparent frontrunner, has little or no organization to show in the state of Minnesota? Barack has a field office, paid staffers, a volunteer network, and endorsements from R.T. Rybak and Rep. Ellison and the Auto workers union. Edwards has a strong volunteer organization (See the SCC meeting), endorsements from numerous state legislators and Ted Mondale and Rep. Oberstar, and has also been endorsed by the Minnesota SEIU. So i guess my question is, aside from frmr. Sen. Mark Dayton and frmr. VP Mondale, what kind of support does Clinton have in the state?

By: Another Chris

Another Chris — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:39:19 +0000

That is surprising. Obama gave a climate change speech to the Economic Club of Detroit six months ago, and what the campaign clearly intended to do - and for the national media, succeeded in doing - was to have kind of a Bill Clinton “Sister Souljah” moment with the auto industry and say, “Look, you guys, you’re part of the problem, you have to accept higher fuel standards, etc., etc.” My understanding was that the UAW was unhappy that the words “union” or “labor” never once passed his lips, and he came off as unnecessarily tone-deaf.