The union bosses will never turn on the Democratic Party, unless the latter turns on the former. The rank and file, on the other hand, only know that the Liberal Messiah has sent one of His apostles and that this apostle has now become their enemy.
At this point, if the Liberal Messiah tries to come to the rescue, it will more likely do Him harm than good. People are cynical enough that even if this isn't staged, they will be very suspicious if the Liberal Messiah gets involved.
The beauty of it is how Emanuel the guttersnipe H-A-T-E-S being criticized like everyone he maligns.
Guess the Chicago Public Schools could really use some of the 3 million dollars that Barack Obama and that guy from the neighborhood (Bill Ayres) wasted when they controlled the Annenberg Challenge funds that were supposed to benefit Chicago schools.