With a brash and fiery speech delivered during the first night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), International Brotherhood of Teamsters president Sean O'Brien was supposed to illustrate a political realignment that's turned the Republican Party into the party of unionized working-class Americans.
It might be a clever media strategy for both O'Brien and his new friends in the GOP. But a closer look at O'Brien's biggest accomplishment as head of the Teamsters might make some wonder whether there is much substance behind the union boss' obvious flair for the cameras.
