GRITtv: Bill Fletcher Jr.: Slap in the Face to Labor

"It was a Sister Souljah moment," says Bill Fletcher Jr. of Bill Clinton's support for Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in her primary battle against insurgent Bill Halter. Lincoln, of course, is one of the Democrats whose refusal to support the Employee Free Choice Act keeps labor from expanding its base. Labor came out for Bill Halter, but the party elites supported Lincoln and helped her keep her seat.

Bill Fletcher joins us via Skype to break down the Arkansas primary as well as other Democratic and Republican primaries around the country, including the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman in California.

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[FROZAY2002]

her lips are cricket

[882me]

Ah, Ah have (not) heard your message. Blanche, the pathetic sistah, from "A Streetcar Named Desire", Clinton, Stella's disgusting husband.

[Paolo7219]

US ruling elites have a DEEP hatred of unions and the middle class in general. This is why Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore sold US labor down the river when Clinton/Gore started promoting NAFTA. Campaign donations. This is how you win election to Congress. And of course, "Citizens United v. FEC" is so important to the ruling class (Republican Party).

[oldwarhorse1865]

4% isn't what I'd call a overwheming numbers! Labor will come back to haunt Blanch in Nov!