Obama won the Teamsters endorsement earleir this year, but Brody Mullins and Kris Maher report the endorsement came with a price - the Teamsters extracted a promise from Barack Obama to ease federal oversight of the union. WSJ:
Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption, according to officials from the union and the Obama campaign.Ed Morrissey reports Obama has already started backtracking.
Change?
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Above photo of Teamsters president James Hoffa (left) with Barack Obama courtesy teamster.org.
