After Republicanas caved, Obama made a bee-line to the Unions, to promise he’d get their demands met…higher taxes through his “super congress”…

On Heels of Debt Deal, Obama Meets with Union Leaders at White House
By Fred Lucas

President Obama addresses the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is seated to Obama’s right. (Photo from AFL-CIO Web site)

(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama was meeting with union leaders at the White House Tuesday morning, part of an effort to retain organized labor’s support going into the 2012 election.
A meeting with the AFL-CIO Executive Committee at 9:15 a.m. was the first item listed on Obama’s public schedule for Tuesday. The meeting is closed to the press.

The AFL-CIO, along with other unions, wanted the deal to include the elimination of tax breaks for wealthy Americans, but Republicans nixed that provision.[for now]

“Looking ahead to the negotiations in the ‘super committee,’ we will fight alongside our friends in Congress and with the President to ensure that the ultimate resolution creates rather than destroys jobs, and does not gut vital programs, such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, in order to preserve tax breaks for the wealthy and prosperous corporations,” McEntee said.