re: #761 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Prison guards: the only union members conservatives like.

The things is that prison guards unions are not like the SEIU or teacher’s unions. They can and have supported both Democrats and Republicans. Thus the GOP is careful to court them. Added to that is that prisons tend to be in more rural areas, and such areas are more likely to be Republican. So its lees about philosophy and more about practical concerns.