Labor Day parade reveals Democrats’ weakness

On Monday, I participated in the 29th annual Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade, sponsored by the Allegheny County Labor Council. On the surface, it was the usual – groups of union members in the Civic Arena parking lots, forming the annual T-shirt rainbow. Hugging old friends, and meeting new ones. Saying “Remember the year it rained all day?” Lines for the portable toilets. Signing petitions for this and that. Dogs wearing T-shirts and hats. Stroller-bound babies wearing T-shirts and hats. Tailgating. Politicians working the crowd. It marks the de facto starting gun of the general election campaign season. One detail was agonizingly clear. If the Democrats want to win a single race, they have to step up their game.



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