Looking at the 2008 Election

June 11, 2008

Now that the Democratic Primary race has come to an end, let’s look at the November election in a clear light of what it will mean to working families. Too many attempts were made in the past months to define working people’s voting decisions as racially based, while completely ignoring the fact that for years Senator McCain and many of his Republican colleagues have treated all working people with complete disdain, whether those workers are white, Black, Hispanic or otherwise.

We can expect the Republicans to continue to utilize this tactic to distract attention away from the fact that John McCain will only offer a continuation of the Bush administration’s assault on working people and unions. Here are some facts:

• McCain votes the Bush party line almost 90 percent of the time, according to the AFL-CIO.

• McCain voted “right” on labor bills only 16 percent of the time; Obama’s rating is 96 percent.

• McCain is against the Employee Free Choice Act and the Davis-Bacon Act. Obama support them.

• McCain is for a national right-to-work law. Obama is not.