GOP Genius--Blocking the Latina?

Hey, elephants, who's in charge of your political strategy these days? Anybody?
Yesterday you couldn't find a single vote to join with a popular President to begin digging out of the economic mineshaft your man Bush left us in.
Meanwhile, at least one of your geniuses is still blocking a vote on Labor Department nominee Hilda Solis, one of the most talented and impressive Latinas in American politics, supposedly because you didn't like her answers on the Employee Free Choice Act.
Oh, c'mon. You know exactly what she thinks, she's been clear on union issues her whole life. Not only that, Barack Obama took a clear position on this issue in the campaign--your operatives attacked him on it, remember?--and as the new President reminded you last week, HE WON...
Obama won. He won big among women, remember? He won even bigger among Latinos, remember? Guess what. Hilda Solis is both.

Comments

[JohnBryansFontaine]

EFCAexposed.com is run by the Labor Relations Institute, an "AstroTurf" ( fake grass-roots ) Big Business Lobby whose anti-EFCA, anti-Union web site boasts it is the "nation's most active firm conveying the overwhelming disadvantages of union membership­."

Don't believe the high-priced, cynical Liars, here is the Truth:

http://www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org

[ecoflame]

However, Solis as a supporter of unions is a perfect fit for the job. Go read the mission statement for the Dept. of Labor. Just because the former Labor Secretary didn't support worker rights doesn't mean Solis is unqualified.

[Parducci]

Pres. Bush had a record of appointing more Latinos, black, and women to cabinet level positions than any other president including, so far, Pres. Obama, so you can't criticize them on that front.

In this case, the senator clearly knows her positions. He or she simply feels that they disqualify her. Winning a presidential election gets you the Presidency, not a free pass on every item on your wish list. Everything after the election has to be worked for.

[petphotos]

Very well said!