I've been meaning to comment on the anonymous hold in the Senate (yes, senators can do these sorts of things) placed on the nomination of Hilda Solis, Obama's nominee for secretary of...that word that starts with "l" and denotes work, the one we spell differently, which I can't quite bring myself to type with a "u" in it.
Solis the most pro-union nominee a Democrat has attempted to put in office since maybe Frances Perkins herself. She's great and I hope she gets through. But man, did she give crappy testimony during her hearing. She was asked, as she obviously knew she would be, about card-check legislation, which unions want desperately and which business considers a malignant evil. She said she thought it would be inappropriate to state her position at this time! Even though, as a sitting member of Congress, she has publicly and loudly endorsed card-check legislation.
Who the hell coached her to say that? And what on earth made her agree? The union movement is its own worst enemy oft-times.
