Labor unions can't trump the cash corporate America has to throw at the disinformation they will wage against consumers.
I think the electorate is too busy being distracted by many things to take the time to sort out the issues in any particular question, so they will migrate to the views expressed in the slickest, most memorable ads out there in the marketplace. Paid for by those corporations that had to sit on their cash and not let the fat cats at the top speak for all in the company. Until now. The Bush legacy continues.
I wonder if Obama's majority in house and senate can tackle this in the next few months? They are acting like 59 to 41 in the senate is a defeat, ferchristsakes, after the Massachusetts election of its new beefcake senator. (And now they're going to wait until he's on board and revote everything? Why are they playing so nice, after Bush dope-slapped the nation for 8 years? It's time to let the light in the back room glint off of the political stiletto, guys. . .)