was in Nevada helping organize the minimum wage coallition. getting minimum wage raised.. the people did it.
most important anti-poverty movement is the organized labor movement.
we need to make it easier to join unions. If a republican can join the party by signing their name, someone should be able to join a Union by signing their name.
Should ban permanent replacements for striking workers.
40 years ago MLK talked about silence is a betrayal, we can not stand silent on 47 million people without health care.
we don't want to wait six or 8 years for UHC as soon as he takes office.
anyone who tells people in Nevada they will have UHC without finding a new revenue stream probably has a bridge in brooklyn to sell you.
It's not enough to talk about iraq and pass non-binding resolutions. stop the escalation. Not the time for political calculation but political courage.
start leaving now 40-50,000 troops now.
6 years of a president who takes no responsibility, 6 years of a president who can't admit he made a mistake. it's time for a new type of leader. A leader who tells the truth.
(some HIllary people are booing I think).
I voted for this war I was wrong to vote for this war.
need a leader who is honest decent and trying to do the right thing..
are not enough now and that we need big transformational change
If he continues to employ plain speaking ( I thought Chris Dodd did as well) it will resonate with voters.
When Chris Dodd started off by saying that there are 2 phrases that politicians are afraid of - "I was wrong" and "I don't know" and that they shouldn't be afraid to say them he got the crowd on his side.
Maybe it's me, but when Hillary Clinton was asked about the Geffen matter she came across as passive aggressive;if she is so upset - say it. Plainly. But no, another swipe rather than a direct comment.
surrogates and spokespeople get nasty.
she "doesn't want to attack democrats"
This is something Edwards has said many times. It is a fundamentally true statement that not enough progressives understand! Many of us are pro-union because we're supposed to be pro-union, without understanding that unions can unlock so many of the other issues we care about.
Collective bargaining is a free-market mechanism which means it is very easy to sell in a capitalist society. Strong unions can directly negotiate for so many of the things that we try in vain to make happen through legislation. And of course, from a partisan standpoint, union membership is a major signifier for Democratic voting and they are a huge component of our GOTV.
Anyone who thinks of unions as just another interest group in the Democratic coalition is failing to comprehend the big picture, in my opinion.
