Midknight Review -- new and revised: As if things were not bad enough, the unions are now telling Obama that "We will give our money to others."

AFL-CIO PullingFunds From Obama Campaign

From US News and World Report:

The AFL-CIO has told Washington Whispers it will redeploy funds away from political candidates smack dab in the middle of election season, the latest sign that the largest federation of unions in the country could be becoming increasingly disillusioned with President Obama.

The federation says the shift has been in the works for months, and had nothing to do with the president's failure to show in Wisconsin last week, where labor unions led a failed recall election of Governor Scott Walker. . . . . read the full story here.

Editor’s notes: lets be careful, here. Before spiking the ball in the end zone, however, we conservatives should consider the fact that Obama will have plenty of money to run an effective campaign. But, he will not have enough to a slash and burn operation in as many states as he would like.

Understand that Obama’s funding is not going as planned. It is so far off course, in fact, that he sent out a memo in mid-March of this year, telling congressional Democrats not to expect any funding coming from the DNC, this election cycle.

Who makes up the difference? Well, for one, the unions. I believe that this has come as somewhat of a surprise to the Obama campaign. He thought he could fly over Wisconsin four or five times, on his way to fundraisers in Michigan and Illinois, use the excuse, “I was too busy,” (he really gave that as a reason, here, for avoiding Wisconsin), and all would be well. Turns out the unions are furious with him.

One cannot make too much of this Wisconsin recall debacle. It has opened the door for governors and mayors, both Democrat and Republican, to take courage in dealing with their blotted budgets and the pension demands ¹ that are killing America.

The news coming out of US News and World Report, makes it clear that the Unions think Obama is going to lose the election and have shifted into high gear, hoping to save as many Congressional seats as possible and they begin work to repair the extreme damage done to the Democrat Party because of this abject failure of a president.

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1. The bigger story of the day, just might be the newly reported fact, that the S&P is now reporting that unfunded [pension and retirement] liabilities are closer to 4 trillion dollars than earlier reports of 1 trillion. While entitlement spending is killing the national economy (17 trillion owed with the Social Security program; 38 trillion in Medicare and rising fast), a four trillion dollar obligation for smaller governments, is an equal impossibility.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

As if things were not bad enough, the unions are now telling Obama that "We will give our money to others."

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