AFT's Randi Weingarten: Dems Are United And Energized Around Economic Values, Change

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/9317

By Doug Cunningham

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says Democrats are energized and united in Denver. Her union will leave Denver intent on mobilizing as many voters as pobbile for Barack Obama. Weingarten says the economy is the number one issue and rebuilding the American Dream for workers and middle class families is the goal – a goal NOT shared by John McCain.

: “John McCain is leading the Republican ticket and does believe very fundamentally in different values than we as Democrats do. He believes that the country is going in the right direction. He believes that the Bush policies were good policies.
We believe the country is going in the wrong direction and we have to bring it back for regular people to be able to do extraordinary things. They don’t want to spend money on education, they’d rather spend money on tax cuts. They’d rather say that the economy is not failing as it is for middle class workers. They would rather just keep it as it is, let the schism between rich and poor in this country grow and the American Dream – which was built on having a strong, viable middle class – is less and less within our grasp.”