The AFL-CIO endorsed Democrat Dan Seals today over his primary opponent Jay Footlik in the 10th Congressional race. With endorsements from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Dan Seals is clearly the candidate of working people in the race.
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Wurf, thanks for the update, I have cross-posted at Team America Blog. One question, though: would the choice of ‘working people’ be ‘working people that can hold a job’, or does that include employment-challenged folks like Seals, given the uncerimonious end as an Internet activist at ThePoint.com, after less than 90 days?
Posted 05 Dec 2007 at 10:01 pm ¶I don’t understand the Team America post. Dan Seals has worked for several organizations, and is running for Congress, which to me seems to be a full-time job. What’s wrong with that?
Posted 06 Dec 2007 at 11:43 am ¶Paul- Seals recently (like, last week) left a job he held for only three months at ThePoint.com, an Internet startup. He was identified on ThePoint website as a “former” Congressional candidate, along with some other very strange issues surrounding this gig. See
http://www.teamamerica10th.blogspot.com
for the full details.
Posted 06 Dec 2007 at 3:09 pm ¶After reading the issues, I guess I remain unconvinced that those are really “issues.” I have worked with Internet startups before, and the folks that work with them usually are burning midnight oil. They all work cross-functionally. Seems like it would be hard to work for a firm like that and run for Congress at the same time. It seems you have issues with the startup, but it seems like an OK concept.
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