Anti-populist populism

Nothing -- not even a woman in a persistent vegetative state -- seems to get Republicans so energized as the possibility of workers choosing to join a union. Obviously, it's a rare opportunity for their interests and the interests of the Chamber of Commerce to converge, and it doesn't require the input of those vaguely icky religious nuts they generally rely on to supply "the passion."

It is a key opportunity for Democrats to build a box with which to enclose the GOP. Thwarting workers attempt to achieve a middle class lifestyle, while at the same time screaming about Obama's plan to let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire, makes for a nice visual of Republicans working at the bidding of their corporate overlords to maintain our record levels of income disparity.

Talk about a "culture war."