Forgive me for having an attitude about labor unions claiming to provide accountability for anti-worker Democrats similar to when I watch Charlie Brown run up yet again to kick the football held by Lucy Van Pelt. It would be difficult to run through all the labor-backed primary threats, third-party options and the like offered as [...]

When SEIU hatched this idea to start a third party in North Carolina, I was skeptical of their chances at success. Turns out I was right about that – it was too daunting a task to up and start a party in a couple of months, in time to qualify for the November ballot. However, [...]

I’ve been saying for a while now that the vaunted “accountability moment” that labor and Democratic allies will run against those in the caucus who voted against health care is a mirage. I don’t know how many examples people need. First the primary challenger to Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin was talked out of the race, then Jason [...]

You may think that House Democrats warning that the health care bill is in a lot of trouble reflects nothing more than posturing. Why is Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) saying in the above clip that the bill might go down on the first pass and then return to the House before it passes? Consider the math. [...]

I find issue-based polling notoriously suspect. We don’t have a media that informs the public enough on major issues to give a good impression on them, and there is a lot of contradictory information and simple misinformation out there in the ether. But given that so many of the supporters of the health care bill [...]

So much attention has been placed on the Senate today that we have neglected the movement on health care in the House. For the moment there hasn’t really been any. Last Friday the Speaker held a caucus where members had to publicly discuss their positions on health care and what bills they would support. Nancy [...]