Rank-and-file scuttle Hillary's California Teachers Association endorsement

Breaking News: Obama Supporters Scuttle Hillary’s CTA Endorsement

Score a big behind the scenes victory for Obama’s California campaign today. Word is leaking out that CTA’s membership staged an outright mutiny at Los Angeles’ Bonaventure Hotel and bucked its own Board’s attempt to railroad through an early endorsement for Hillary. CTA’s elites apparently got a big wake up call when their effort to crown Hillary as the official choice of California’s teachers was upended by overwhelming resistance from rank and file Obama supporters. The vaunted pre Feb 5th CTA endorsement – which was widely expected to go Clinton’s way – appears to now be postponed to April (when we will all be on the edge of our seats, I am sure).

The Hillary repudiation at CTA is more than just inside baseball. This could portend an erosion of support among powerful constituencies that are supposed to be the bedrock of Clinton’s California operation. Add this development with Obama’s superior California ground game, and a big bounce coming out of South Carolina, and he may have enough steam to pull off a victory in the Golden state.

http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=2670&ptid=9

And the wave of Obama's popularity is eroding it.
:bounce:

I'm not expecting it to change on super tuesday.

After Nevada, teachers unions need to be smacked around a little.

That's a big slap! :wow:

the CTA endorsed Dean before the first primary even happened. I, as a CTA member, wrote them a really nasty email because I thought an endorsement of any candidate that early was a big mistake. I got a response saying they liked Dean's responses to a questionnaire. However CTA didn't bother to ask for its members opinion (I certainly never got a questionnaire!) and Dean's candidacy was over way before the California primary.

This time CTA appears to have at least waited a bit longer though I'm not sure what waiting until April will accomplish other than just to have it on record.

Mz Pip
:dem:

they never ask any of the rank and file for their opinions on any of the candidates.

Thankfully, my union keeps its endorsing for the general election, and endorses Democrats 99% of the time then, anyway. But, knowing who is on the endorsements committee of my union, I wouldn't trust their opinion in the first place.

BUt it might not be a bad idea for CTA to get the opinions of its members before it endorses anybody.

Mz Pip
:dem:

Why can't their members just vote on who to endorse?