31.   And many other leaders have begun to point to Las Vegas as a model for organized labor.

32.   And on the Democratic side, no group is more successful in getting voters out on a cold winter night to caucuses throughout Iowa than organized labor.

33.   And Poshard is a liberal on economic matters, a champion of organized labor and a supporter of efforts to raise the federal minimum wage.

34.   And that gave a head start in the lobbying wars to organized labor, which ferociously opposed the measure and began running television commercials against it over the summer.

35.   And the fact that organized labor pushed the bill early on made it only more distasteful, conservatives say.

36.   And unlike most liberals, Clinton has long supported the death penalty and has never been cozy with organized labor.

37.   And the organized labor bosses he had counted on for funds had clearly signaled recently that they would not support a candidate going nowhere.

38.   And the worriers do not mention another factor, the huge independent spending campaigns by organized labor, which mainly favors Democratic priorities.

39.   And while Clinton has counted organized labor among his supporters, the Allied Pilots Association represents only pilots at American.

40.   And three years after the vote on NAFTA, the rift between the president and organized labor has largely dissipated.