Kasim Reed Mysteriously Tacks To The Political Right

According to today’s Daily Beast, Kasim Reed is likely to continue his efforts to align with Georgia Republicans and others on the political Right by squaring-off with Atlanta’s employee unions. 

Reed’s apparent opposition to employee unions will likely improve plans for statewide office but will likely present a challenge for him in next year’s reelection campaign. 

Last month, Reed was prohibited from speaking at the Democratic National Convention. Speculation about why Kasim Reed was relegated to the Charlotte bleachers centers on a variety of reasons, including his fierce opposition to core Democratic Party orthodoxies like marriage equality and women’s health. 

Opposition to employee unions may have contributed making Kasim Reed the first Atlanta mayor since Jim Crow era barred from speaking and assigned to the cheap seats while a Democratic president was nominated.

Tack right, tack right, and tack right.