Is this Swanson's Sister Souljah moment?

Posted at 8:10 PM on April 26, 2007 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)

Attorney General Lori Swanson came out swinging today against the folks at AFSCME Local 5. She suggested that the union is trying to strong-arm her to allow the attorneys in her office to organize. Swanson says they threatened to leak stories to the media about the office politics in Swanson's office. AFSCME officials say they received media calls and alerted Swanson's office about it. They also say they should be able to organize Swanson's office.

Is this Swanson exerting control over her office? Did she forget what the L in DFL stands for? Is this her Sister Souljah moment? Is she now spinning it into a Sister Souljah moment?

Don't know what a Sister Souljah moment is? You can check it here and here. It's basically a politician taking on an interest group that strongly supports their party. What do you think?

Comments (3)

Good for her, Seide is an obnoxious jerk!

Posted by Jeb | April 27, 2007 9:50 AM

As an AFSCME guy, thank goodness for Eliot Seide! When it's appropriate, I hope he keeps getting in people's faces. You want to call it being obnoxious, go ahead. I call it doing his job, and doing it well!

Posted by Wes | April 27, 2007 12:52 PM

Are you asking me what I think, too, Tom?

Do you really want to know? Since before Bob Collins left the blog last year, you guys have been sending my comments straight into moderation for days at a time, in case I say something critical about your news coverage here.

Are you really asking me what I think on this subject? If I tell you, will you post it here?

Posted by Bill Prendergast | April 27, 2007 2:46 PM

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