Labor Union: We'll Spend "Whatever It Takes" to Buy & Own Indiana's Governor

From Howey:

It appears Democratic gubernatorial campaign Jill Long Thompson has a blank check with the Service Employees International Union. SEIU Illinois-Indiana Director Jerry Morrison told Howey Politics Indiana that the union will spend "whatever it takes" to get Thompson elected.

The union, with about 5,000 members in Indiana - most in the Northwest Region - has already pumped $900,000 into Thompson’s campaign.

Morrison said that Thompson won’t have to match Gov. Mitch Daniels dollar-for-dollar thanks to what he calls the "anti-incumbency" mood in the state. "We will provide whatever it takes to get Thompson elected," Morrison said.

Asked if SEIU would come up with one, two or three million more dollars, Morrison was not specific. He said that SEIU members will flood into Indiana from Illinois to stage the "biggest field operation in history" for Thompson.

Morrison said that with only three or four competitive gubernatorial races in the nation this cycle, both SEIU and the Democratic Governors Association are preparing to prioritize the Thompson-Daniels race.

I guess JLT was handsomely compensated for reading a God-given right to unionization into the Bible.

I wonder if those five thousand SEIU members in Indiana would rather their mandatory payroll deductions go to something besides backing a failing gubernatorial campaign.

And this gives Jill Long Thompson's campaign another dubious distinction.

JLT is already the most liberal major party nominee to ever seek the governorship in the entire history of the state of Indiana.

Her campaign is already almost entirely funded by hyper-liberal out-of-state left-wing special interests like the pro-abortion group Emily's List and the service employees union.

Now that same service employees union is looking to get JLT elected by relying upon out-of-state campaign workers (can she not get Hoosiers to volunteer for her?), like they're already bankrolling her with out-of-state money (can she not get Hoosiers to give her money?).

I am not thinking that Hoosiers will cotton to having a far-left gubernatorial candidate forced upon them by campaign "volunteers" from Illinois, just like they're not going to like having out-of-state lefty special interests wholly bankroll the state fire baton twirler, err, gubernatorial campaign of Jill Long Thompson.