There is an aarticle at The Hill quoting Harry Reid as saying, "I don't work for Obama." Ok, would someone please tell me who he actually does work for. Senator Reid is making the point that the Senate will not just be rubber stamp to Barack Obama's ideas. However, at the end of the article, he points out that he only needs two Republican votes to pass 'card check'.
What is card check? It is the legislation the unions have been dreaming about for years. It takes the secret ballot out of union elections and allows the unions to muscle their way into a company without a really fair election. It then forces the company to negotiate with the union within a matter of months with the threat of arbitration hanging over the company's head. It is nightmare legislation that if passed will probably result in serious job losses in this country as businesses move overseas. That is just one of the nightmare possibilites of the anti-business administration that is about to come into power. The saving grace may be that Barack Obama is an ambitious man. When he sees the damage to the economy that his policies are doing and the effect on his chances for reelection, many of those policies may abruptly change. The left will be unhappy, but he will be reelected. This could be a very interesting four years.
Just a note. The economy is beginning a slow turnaround as we speak. If it is not weighed down by too much regulation, too many taxes, and a sudden large expansion of government, we will probably be in good shape by June. If we are, watch Obama take the credit!
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