This is a fundamental question that all these Democrats who are sitting on fence need to ask themselves.
I think everyone who reads this knows the answer. These folks aren't moderates who will switch parties and cost Democrats an election, they are die hard right wing nut jobs. They are the same group of individuals who would vote for a fence post (aka George W. Bush) as long as it had an "R" next to its name....
What do all the Democrats including the "conservative" Blue Dog Democrats have to lose? The answer is everything...
The base came out in full force in the last election not because we just like Democrats or hated the right so much that we were willing to vote for our own fence posts. It was because we wanted a change in the corporate hold of our country. We wanted to see the people's voices heard instead of a bunch of corporate monkeys with suits filling the campaign coffers of our politicians.
We were a group of people who were tired of seeing every little town look the same with the same 25 corporate conglomerates destroying the "mom and pops" and putting up the infamous "resturant row, Targets, Walmarts, McDonalds etc. etc."
Im afraid if the Democrats cave to the speical interests in this country on this issue and allow the mighty dollar to trump what is fundamentally moral or right, that base that came out in the last election will stay home and tell our politicians to take a flying leap...
I'm not in a union, but I will sit out with them come next election if the Dems fail to lead!!! That is my campaign promise!!!
If your a Democratic Congressional person reading this, you had better remember who put you into office and who can keep you there....