Last night on my guest co-hosting gig for Backbone Radio, we discussed not only the growing trend of government workers beginning to dominate the union movement.
But the subject also came up about the Obama administration’s efforts to backdoor the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (aka card check) through the appointment of SEIU lackey Craig Becker.
One advantage of this approach? Fellow Democrats in Congress like the indecisive appointed junior U.S. Senator Michael Bennet wouldn’t have to take an obvious position that either offends the Obama administration or the overwhelming number of Coloradans (and a majority of Colorado union members) opposed to this destructive proposal to re-write labor laws.
It would just add to the growing “backroom” Obama M.O. Michael Bennet then might want to consider writing the President a thank-you note — and while he’s at it, urge him not to make any more campaign visits after February. Then again, Bennet would have to vote on Craig Becker’s confirmation — so with the clear message of what Becker stands for, Bennet won’t be completely off the hook.
[…] But not Michael Bennet. His vote to confirm Craig Becker may leave him in a less vulnerable place for the primary election, but in a clearly indefensible place for a general election matchup. Colorado wants an independent vote in the U.S. Senate, not a rubber-stamp for the radical agendas of the Obama administration. If Bennet is hoping nobody would notice, he’s out of luck. […]