-By Warner Todd Huston
Ooopsie. Just after his winning the Hawkeye Caucus comes word that the folks in unions across America are a tad upset with former Arkansas Guv Mike Huckabee for crossing the picket lines of the writer’s strike to visit on air with Jay Leno.
The Huckster was not long ago endorsed by the Machinists union (IAM), but they aren’t too happy with his picket line crossing. President of the IAM, Tom Buffenberger was none too happy, apparently.
“Governor Huckabee should not cross the picket line. We have made that abundantly clear to his campaign. With such missteps, he risks losing the support his jobs and economic policies have won for him among trade unionists who will attend the GOP caucuses in Iowa or will vote in the later primaries.”
I don’t imagine that Huckabee will be too broken hearted with this pique, though. Now that Huck is an unexpected GOP front runner, it is doubtful that having a union mad at him will hurt him much. In fact, it could give him GOP street cred! After all, the IAM also endorsed Hillary Clinton! What self respecting Republican wants to be in THAT company?
Of course, this is one more reason to reassess supporting Huckabee. But that is another story for another post…