Posts Tagged ‘Kansas’
Coloradans: Our Choice Is Tied To Card Check
The drumbeat continues: “Support for healthcare and ‘card check’ legislation would weigh on Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-Colo.) reelection chances, a new poll found Friday.”
That’s the word from The Hill’s Mike O’Brien, who continues:
The Colorado Democrat’s reelection prospects could hinge on two key issues, though: the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and healthcare reform legislation.
When read a description of EFCA, 66 percent of Coloradans said they’d prefer a candidate who would vote against the union organizing bill, compared to 29 percent who said they would prefer a candidate who supports the ‘card check’ bill.
When read description of key components of the bill, the card check provision and the binding arbitration provision, almost 2/3rds of voters expressed disapproval in the poll, which was commissioned by the anti-EFCA Workforce Fairness Institute and conducted by Public Opinion Strategies.
This is just the latest example of voters clearly signaling their displeasure with EFCA. Virginia‘s gubernatorial victor was incontrovertible evidence, and this year we’ve heard similar tales from Kansas, Nevada, and now Colorado.
When will our elected leaders start listening? When they’re un-elected?
What’s The Matter With Kansas? Not Card Check
We’ve been following for a long while the progression of “card check” as an inside-the-Beltway issue into a key issue in Virginia’s gubernatorial race and on ongoing issue of contention in other state races.
The latest evidence comes from the race for the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas, where state Rep. Kevin Yoder has announced his candidacy because “We deserve an experienced leader who will stand up to Congress on job-killing policies such as ‘cap-and-trade,’ ‘card check’ and the government takeover of health care.”
Which may explain why U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to be signaling that her Members don’t want to have to vote for the card-check-carrying Employee Free Choice Act next year.
It will be interesting to see which demand wins in the push-shove battle: Pelosi’s realpolitik look or Big Labor’s hopes of a brighter tomorrow.
