afl-cio president richard trumka wrote this, quote, this year we will not be making monetary contributions to the convention or the host committee. we won t be buying skyboxes, hosting events. in fact, union leaders spent millions to stage their own so-called, shadow convention in philadelphia this weekend. that event was apparently organized in response to the democratic party s announcement that the dnc convention in september would be held in north carolina. that is the least unionized state in the country. charlotte has zero unionized hotels. big labor reportedly isn t happy that the president is scheduled to accept his party s nomination, bank of america stadium built by nonunion labor. in philly the tone sounded less than solidly partisan. this election isn t about whether a candidate has a d or an r after his or her name. this isn t about building one political party or hurting another. it s about other vision for