cheerleaders for unions. look at those numbers. and that makes sense, if this has sunk in. the fate of the middle class and fate of unions are inex-strikable. but it also makes sense for another reason, that democrats really like unions because unions and the policy goals of the democratic party have bumped into each other more than once in the last century. for almost all the things democrats now brag about, unions have been crucial, if not essential. if there is a difference between those two things. president obama acknowledged as much almost two years ago at a labor day picnic. >> much of what we take for granted, the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, health insurance, paid leave, pension, social security, medicare, they all