This is certainly interesting.
Mitt Romney has been turned away by a large union whose endorsement he hoped to win.
The 330,000-member Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest police union, announced that it would back no candidate for president this year, the first time the group had passed on an endorsement in its 98-year history. The union backed the Republican nominees in 2000, 2004 and 2008, and backed President Bill Clinton in 1996.
The union isn’t backing Obama, but losing the endorsement certainly hurts Romney. And even though the organization has stated that neither campaign is addressing its concerns, this should be seen as an opening for the Obama campaign.
The reason? Among other things:
People familiar with the group’s decision said leaders had been disturbed by Mr. Romney’s statements of strong support for several antiunion initiatives, particularly the move in Ohio to restrict the collective-bargaining rights of public-union employees, including police and firefighters. The measure was overturned by voters in Ohio last year.