Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced today that he is the 15th major Republican running for president. He has a lot working in his favor — including an impressive early lead in Iowa. And while Walker is something of a hero on the right for his highly publicized battles with Wisconsin's labor unions, his adversarial relationship with organized labor could well do him harm among working-class voters.
Big Labor, for its part, seems eager to crush Walker. Here's how AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka welcomed Walker to the presidential race, as flagged by The Huffington Post's Sam Stein.
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