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"McCaskill Offers Dire Take on Employee Free Choice Act"--headline on Huffington Post. "I'm not sure if we have the votes," is what centrist Dem. Sen. McCaskill says. What she mean "we"? ... P.S.: It actually reads to me as if McCaskill successfully ducked taking a stand on the "card check" bill itself. But you make the call. ... P.P.S.: If the Dems don't have the votes for "card check" in the bag, I don't quite understand the strategy behind labor's blustery show of confidence. ("We are not worried at all.") Sure, the unions would like to have a strong hand in any backroom negotiations over a compromise. And they don't want wavering Dems like McCaskill to think they have permission to be the Senator who puts 60 votes out of reach. But won't labor look like a paper tiger if the votes aren't there? ... P.P.P.S.: Then again, labor thought it had the votes of enough workers at Nissan's Tennessee plant too, before losing by a 2-1 margin. Damn secret ballot. ...
Update: Still no announcement from HuffPo inviting union organizers to start collecting cards from the website's Brentwood and Soho employees. Expected soon, because Employee Free Choice is On the Move! ...11:24 P.M.
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