HILDA SOLIS….I see that Senate Republicans are continuing to throw up roadblocks in front of Hilda Solis, Obama’s nominee for Labor Secretary. This is pretty odd. I mean, what’s their beef? That she’s pro-labor and pro-EFCA? That can hardly be a surprise, since Obama himself is pro-labor and pro-EFCA. That there’s some kind of skeleton in her closet? Maybe, but the items they’ve dug up so far have been tissue thin. They can’t possibly think her husband’s tax liens are going to derail her nomination, can they? And the ARW stuff is even more ridiculous.
The whole thing is hard to fathom. But I guess it’s yet another indication that of all the things that drive Republicans crackers, labor tops the list. Even more than taxes, they just go completely nuts when they’re faced with the prospect of unions gaining a bit of power. The result is a temper tantrum over Solis even though they know perfectly well they can’t stop her nomination.
