Friday, February 25, 2011

Liberals call on Obama to fulfill campaign promise, walk with Wisconsin union protesters

Liberals call on Obama to fulfill campaign promise, walk with Wisconsin union protestersPosted by Stephanie Condon February 24, 2011 6:03 PM Back in 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama said that if he were president, he'd be walking the picket lines in solidarity with workers if unions were ever threatened. Now, the president has that chance in Wisconsin, but the White House says President Obama has no such plans. **SNIP** Amy Dean, a labor activist and former AFL-CIO official in California, told the Wall Street Journal the president could do more as the leader of the Democratic Party. "Everybody is looking to...

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