in the past few weeks keith ellison has emerged as the leader for the democratic chairman. he s locked up two endorsements, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. in recent days congressman ellison s stock has also risen given his announcement that he would resign his seat in the house if elected to run the dnc. but now it looks like ellison is getting another major challenger in the race. nbc news reports that secretary tom perez will formally declare his bid tomorrow. while congressman ellison has locked up the support of the more progressive parts of the party let s not forget that secretary perez was appointed by one, president barack obama, and given his tenure as labor secretary he s also been one of the president s go-to ambassadors for organized labor
in the past few weeks keith ellison has emerged as the leader for the democratic chairman. he s locked up two endorsements, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. in recent days congressman ellison s stock has also risen given his announcement that he would resign his seat in the house if elected to run the dnc. but now it looks like ellison is getting another major challenger in the race. nbc news reports that secretary tom perez will formally declare his bid tomorrow. while congressman ellison has locked up the support of the more progressive parts of the party let s not forget that secretary perez was appointed by one, president barack obama, and given his tenure as labor secretary he s also been one of the president s go-to ambassadors for organized labor groups. a qualification that can only help his bid. according to the new york times, secretary perez was expected to meet with the
in the past few weeks keith ellison has emerged as the leader for the democratic chairman. he s locked up two endorsements, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. in recent days congressman ellison s stock has also risen given his announcement that he would resign his seat in the house if elected to run the dnc. but now it looks like ellison is getting another major challenger in the race. nbc news reports that secretary tom perez will formally declare his bid tomorrow. while congressman ellison has locked up the support of the more progressive parts of the party let s not forget that secretary perez was appointed by one, president barack obama, and given his tenure as labor secretary he s also been one of the president s go-to ambassadors for organized labor groups. a qualification that can only help his bid. according to the new york
wall street journal reported today that organized labor groups send a lot more on politics than previous estimates would have you believe. about four times more. according to the journal which chronicle contributions made directly to federal candidates and union spending and supportive candidates for congress and white house but unions spend more on activities like supporting state and local candidates and deploing the union is that labor could be a stronger counterweight. to super pacs that raise millions from wealthy donors to support republican candidates and causes. truth to that. could labor be your savings grace? i m a scriber to the wall street journal. i picked it up in my driveway today. keep in mind, they said more money from labor than they thought. it s not more from money from the billionaires combined. labor can only compete a dollar for every five or ten when you have the koch brothers and adelson and exxon and these big companies that outsource them. labor can
legislation. there s real incentive for the individual billionaires to get their taxes cut, so they invest, really is an investment to them. they get billions in benefits. might labor off set this? i ask the question because the wall street journal reported today that organized labor groups send a lot more on politics than previous estimates would have you believe. about four times more. according to the journal which chronicle contributions made directly to federal candidates and union spending and supportive candidates for congress and white house but unions spend more on activities like supporting state and local candidates and deploing the union is that labor could be a stronger counterweight. to super pacs that raise millions from wealthy donors to