[thucydides]

The public employees unions now dominate the entire union movement, and are its only growing segment (there is little incentive for public officials to resist unionization). People from the public employees unions now lead the movement (John Sweeney, President AFL-CIO). These unions collect check-off dues from workers paychecks, and turn over 85% - 95% to democrats, directly or indirectly. When you see democrat officials stalling the homeland security, they are protecting their own funding base, period. It is not just a matter of doing a favor for a "Washington special interest," but of protecting the whole democrat party establishment.

[justshe]

Hill and Bill and almost the entire Hollywood crowd are still available for fundraising, however.