The president of the largest AFL-CIO union, Service Employees International Union, said yesterday the Democratic Party and labor movement might be better off in the long run if Senator John Kerry loses the election. SEIU’s head Andrew Stern told the Washington Post that both the party and organized labor are in a deep crisis, devoid of new ideas and working with archaic structures. SEIU, which represents 1.6 million workers, is officially backing Kerry. But Stern said Kerry’s election may slow much needed reforms within the Democrats which he described as a “hollow party.” During the primaries SEIU backed Howard Dean.