Thread: National Police Union Turns Down Romney AND Obama. First time in 98 yrs.

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.

In recent presidential elections, the group’s backing has been much sought after because of the heavy concentration of law enforcement officers in several of the key states. The group counts 39,225 members in Pennsylvania alone and another 24,181 in Ohio and 19,912 in Florida. In 2000 the union’s rank and file overrode the recommendation of its five-member presidential-endorsement panel at the time and backed George W. Bush, four years after supporting the Democratic ticket.

Haha. This is too funny. Would be quite something if all these organizations withdrew their endorsements of either of these two.


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/0...s-down-romney/