Civil War on the Left, Part 3

We know that labor unions are at odds with the Obama Administration over the Keystone XL pipeline and dislike some aspects of Obamacare, but might some of them actually go so far as to help re-elect a Republican governor in the key state of Ohio?

Labor Split Boosts Ohio Governor

By Kris Maher

TOLEDO, Ohio—Gov. John Kasich has earned such ire among unions that he is on a list of six Republican governors the AFL-CIO has said it hopes to topple this fall.

But a group of laborers within the AFL-CIO’s own ranks are considering backing Mr. Kasich’s re-election bid, emblematic of a larger split in the labor federation over issues ranging from the Keystone XL pipeline to the Affordable Care Act.

Members of building trades unions—including carpenters, laborers, electricians and iron workers—tend to be more conservative politically than most other union members. They often side with business over environmental groups and find common ground with Republicans on infrastructure projects.

I’ve got a new theory why liberals desperately need gun control: to minimize the damage from their own circular firing squads.

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