Prominent labor leader Andy Stern is reportedly being investigated by the FBI and Department of Labor as part of a corruption probe involving the Service Employees International Union, authorities said. Two organized labor officials met with federal agents this summer to answer questions about Stern’s role in approving money to pay the salary of an SEIU leader in California who performed no work and a book contract that Stern landed in 2006, The Los Angeles Times reported today on its website. Stern abruptly resigned as president of the 2.2-million member SEIU in April. Stern, who currently sits on President Obama's bipartisan deficit-reduction commission, has not commented on the investigation. (New York Post, 9/28/10)
Keep your fingers crossed on this one.
Turning On Their Own
Using words like "inexcusable" and "whining," President Obama and Vice President Biden are scolding Democratic voters, warning that the party must close the enthusiasm gap with Republicans as the midterm elections approach amid signs of an impending GOP tide. (Politicsdaily.com, 9/28/10)
Good news is that Obama/Biden have stopped blaming Republicans and started blaming Democrats!
Babylon and On
Disappointed that Congress and the public did not cheer every progressive initiative, modern liberalism has become a search for explanations that do not involve concessions. For the Obama team, that explanation is Washington -- the Babylon on the Potomac. Thus they avoid the need for reflection and readjustment -- at least for a time. (Michael Gerson, Washington Post, 9/28/10)
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