NBC: Trumka: Unions likely outspent 20-to-1

[Omaha Steve]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/05/5233336-trumka-unions-likely-outspent-20-to-1

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro

As we noted in First Thoughts, Democratic-leaning outside groups are being far outspent by conservative ones.

This morning, in a meeting with reporters at AFL-CIO headquarters, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he expects labor unions will be outspent 20-to-1 by corporate groups aligned with Republicans.

Trumka declined to discuss the amount of money the union he heads is spending or plans to spend. He said the AFL-CIO plans 25 "touches" per union member.

He added that the AFL-CIO is playing in 18 Senate races and about 100 House races, but not necessarily with TV ads.

"Information trumps those ads," he insisted, his back to a view of the White House and Washington Monument.

He said, in particular, the union is focusing on six states with heavy union membership -- Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Nevada, Illinois, and California. A union "firewall," perhaps. Trumka also said the union plans to make a "serious run" at the three-way Senate race in Alaska. Democrats hope Tea Party-backed Republican Joe Miller and incumbent Lisa Murkowski, running a write-in campaign, split votes, giving an opening to Sitka Mayor Scott McAdams (who's running an ad invoking the late-Republican-Sen. Ted Stevens).

FULL story at link.

[Turbineguy]

1. Some repub wanker

on the CBS Morning show yesterday was touting leveling the playing field against Unions.

Shoot your television set, not children on playgrounds.