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To: stockman_scott who wrote (81167)	6/10/2010 11:06:46 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 89467

"Take the senior administration aide who called Politico's Ben Smith on Wednesday morning, eager to declare that unions “"flushed"” ten million down the toilet in a “"pointless"” primary. That public servant is either disingenuous or clueless. “If even half that total had been well-targeted and applied in key House races across this country,”the aide said, “that could have made a real difference in November.” This criticism misreads the entire insurgency on the left — and may cause more heartburn in November. President Barack Obama's political team can wish that its base was focused on defending a governing majority. But labor has joined cause with anti-establishment, liberal groups that believe changing the membership of the party's congressional majority is as important as growing i't. After watching Democratic incumbents freeze out a litany of progressive proposals, from the famous public option to the Employee Free Choice Act — which Democratic politicians have decided to support through speeches, not floor votes — some allies are wising up. That is why most Pennsylvania primary voters rebuffed Obama's endorsement of Arlen Specter, who had become a reliable ally in the Senate, and it's how Bill Halter managed to fund a competitive campaign against an incumbent in three months flat.