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Karl Rove's model union leaders. (Devil In The Details).

"Labor boss" is a term to which we're almost congenitally adverse. But when a labor leader sells out his (and it's still more commonly "his" than "her") members, the term "labor boss" is fitting and proper. By which standard, the two pre-eminent labor bosses in the land happen to be George W. Bush's two favorite union leaders: Carpenters President Doug McCarron and Teamsters President James P. Hoffa.

Shortly after the November election, the Bush administration decided to admit Mexican trucks (and truckers) into the United States, a ...