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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey lean Democratic, but one union likes Bush
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/02/12/256421/they-lean-democratic-but-one-union.html
BY DAVID LIGHTMAN
McClatchy Washington BureauFebruary 12, 2015
WASHINGTON Courting political power brokers at a recent closed-door meeting, Jeb Bush included one unlikely face.
There among big names from the worlds of lobbying, fundraising and politics was one leader of a labor union, Harold Schaitberger, general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. They went around the room and introduced themselves. They came to me, and you could almost see everyone taking note, he said later of the meeting hosted by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a Economic Club of Detroit meeting, Feb. 4, 2015.
PAUL SANCYA AP
That meeting, one of several Bush held in Washington over the last month, was an important moment in the former Florida governors campaign to woo the nations political A list as he considers a run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
The firefighters union is likely to endorse a Democrat for president, just as its done in every recent election. But lots of members have a clear affection for Bush, a strong supporter of their interests when he was governor. And that also could temper the firefighters support for likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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International Association of Fire Fighters endorsements for president
1988 Michael Dukakis
1992 Bill Clinton
1996 Bill Clinton
2000 Al Gore
2004 John Kerry
2008 Chris Dodd in primary; Barack Obama in general
2012 Barack Obama
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They lean Democratic, but one union likes Bush (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Feb 2015
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niyad
(113,581 posts)1. what in the HELL is the matter with them?
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. I guess they like cleaning up their own
At disaster sites. How soon they forget.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)3. I remember when the Teamster's Union backed Bush* against Kerry.
I wonder how that worked out for them?
outside
(70 posts)4. This could be
more about a bad feeling about Hillary that the way they like Bush.