Will Obama sign the Employee Free Choice Act into law, or will his overlord Larry Summers say no?

[Unsane]

:sarcasm:

But really, does anyone see EFCA passing in the next four years now that the economy is so screwed? I doubt neoliberals like Geithner and Summers support the bill, and the rightwing will portray any pro-labor legislation as 'bad for the economy.' I hope Obama takes some initiative with this thing, and begins to understand just exactly who voted for him in places like Pennsylvania and Ohio.

[midnight]

1. I would say it is even more reason to sign this into law....

[democrattotheend]

2. He better

I think he will sign it if it lands on his desk, but the question is how hard he will fight for it. The unions have a pretty strong program in place to hold members of Congress accountable, but it sure would help to have a president who helped keep senators in line, especially the ones from Arkansas. The question is how hard Obama will push for it. I have no doubt that he will sign it if it's on his desk but I hope he expends some political capital to help get it there.

[Mojambo]

5. Agreed. The real battle is getting it to his desk.

There's a bunch of Blue Dog democrats that are going to be real dicks about this.

I do grow uneasy at Obama essentially buying into some conservative economic dogma wrt delaying the repeal of the Bush tax cut. And Summers influence is certainly not good.

All in all, I do not like the chances for EFCA at all.

But I'm a pessimist.

[redstate_democrat]

3. I don't think Obama is crazy

He can't be for a bill before he was against it. He's a co-sponsor and promised a shit load of union leaders he would sign in. If he doesn't the unions will go batshit and that's pretty much it after that.

[Unsane]

4. agreed

[Thrill]

6. He's got to sign that. Not so much because of his union support

But because he obviously believes strongly in it himself

[NewJeffCT]

7. The fact that he hasn't made it law yet means his presidency is already a failure

I mean, why wait till inauguration, he should start now, dammit, now!

[FrenchieCat]

9. Let's burn him at the stake!

Did you also know that 9/11 was all Clinton's fault?
Some folks evidently don't know this......

[AndyTiedye]

8. Repigs Will Filibuster

[BzaDem]

10. I highly doubt it would get past the Senate as proposed now.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Obama's overlord or his overseer or perhaps his master hey?

[Uzybone]

12. EFCA will be signed

if it reaches his desk. Its not on his top 5 list right now though, so Congress will have to buck up.

[Jennicut]

13. neoliberals? I had no idea there was such a group. I am just getting over the neocons

Oh noes!

[scheming daemons]

14. I agree with George McGovern... the EFCA is undemocratic and unamerican

Unions are great.... but people should be allowed to vote anonymously as to whether they want to join a union or not.


This is coersion. It is wrong. No matter if the "ends" are good. The ends don't justify the means.



...and this is not a "conservative" position.... George McGovern agrees with me.