Ben Smith has reaction from AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale, on the comment from an anonymous White (ahemRahmahem) House (coughEmaneulcough) official that “Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members’ money down the toiled on a pointless exercise” to unseat Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D., Ark.):
“If that’s their take on this, then they severely misread how the electorate feels and how we’re running our political program. When we say we’re only going to support elected officials who support our issues,” said AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale. “When they say we should have targeted our money among some key house races among Blue Dog Democrats — that ain’t happening.”
“Labor isn’t an arm of the Democratic Party,” Vale said. “It exists to support working families. And that’s what we said tonight, and that’s what we’re gong to keep saying.”
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