LABOR UNIONS & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

The Democratic Party and labor unions have coexisted side by side, and in harmony, over the years; and any political issue that separated them was quickly sorted out and settled.

Theirs has been a traditional relationship until now, when the AFL-CIO was having problems with the Democrats.

It is threatening to scale down its contributions to the party for lack of support, with respect to labor issues; and that will be intolerable, in terms of financing political elections in many key states. Therefore it must be a problem the Democratic National Committee have to seriously look into before the campaign for the 2012 general election begins. Otherwise, the party will be at a great disadvantage, if not at a complete loss.

Labor's support cannot be underestimated, with respect to the Democratic Party winning elections; and if that is to diminish, then President Barack Obama will have a difficult fight ahead of him, since the Republican Party is preparing to spend huge amounts of money to promote whoever becomes the party's candidate for next year's contest for the White House. The Grand Old Party will spare nothing to gain the upper hand in bringing his administration down.

With that said, the Obama camp must not try to rely on die-hard and grass-root backing of the Democratic Party alone; or considered that as being enough to face the grand challenge that was being prepared by the opposition.

The frustration of labor was not conducive to the general well being of the country, if it was allowed to interfere with today's political environment. Labor Unions removing the voting power of their membership from the Democratic Party, would create an open season for those who hated the unionization of workers.

Their financial contributions would go to fill the war chests of independent candidates and/or the Republican Party, and cause them to win any and every election that could be termed as "close".

In other words, if labor unions withdrew their previously unflinching support for the Democrats, all political battles would be won by those who have policies to restrain collective bargaining, for example; and also have no inclination whatsoever to permit any laws that would strengthen unionized or labor organizations.

At the moment, what is required of the Obama administration is making the rate of unemployment to reduce to the minimal. Job creation is the most urgent problem for the government to deal with; a priority that will need the fullest attention the situation deserves, to please all sections of society.

Anything else, must be shoved aside; including even the deficit reduction crisis that the U.S. Congress and, particularly, the Super Committee will be focusing on to put the country's economy back on track.

The Democratic Party dare not offend the AFL-CIO and other unions at this point; and whatever their grievances are, they must be redressed before too late. Or else, there will be changes that will not be suitable to the party, or suit the tastes of the unions.