Reader comment on the Neal Labor column,
For once, it seems, Neal writes a column that required thought, but, unfortunately, he didn’t take it far enough. Does anyone seriously believe that Dan Hynes would have any labor support this early (that James Hoffa would come to town and endorse an Illinois Comptroller not known anywhere outside of IL for the U.S. Senate) were it not that his dad, Tom Hynes, wasn’t a major power-broker on the DNC. At least Obama has a labor voting record to defend; and Hull has a labor history to guide his thinking. What does Hynes bring to the table: his years as a Notre Dame undergrad, as a Loyola law student, his father-greased slide into public office? What? Hynes’s endorsements reflect two things: his father’s power and many peoples’ worry about their city and county livelihoods.
Pretty much. I’m not quite as hard on Hynes, but yeah, the only reason labor is rallying around him is his father. Obama probably is most deserving though Hull and Pappas are good on labor issues. From the union’s perspective, they’ve bought into the inevitability campaign and they want to back a winner.
My problem with Hynes is he isn’t attacking the President’s agenda instead opting for a play it safe campaign–that may cost him in the primary.