It’s that same ol’ song, says Chicago Tribune reporter Stephen Franklin. Prepping for the AFL-CIO-sponsored Democratic presidential debate, he reports the candidates will be pandering to Big Labor and “will probably sound like a giant barbershop quartet, singing different notes in the same song.”
Why are the candidates willing to supplicate themselves so? Big Labor’s largess:
UPDATE (10:27 a.m.): The New York Times political blog has a great debate round-up here.