I don't trust Obama. Yes, I voted for him, and I'd vote for him next election, but he's just one man and I don't trust him absolutely.
I love that Obama found a way to outwit the money dominated campaigns that the GOP and the ultra rich usually win. But I don't believe that the Obama machine should be trusted to continually elect candidates that are looking out for America's majority, the working middle-class.
I think that people who work should have a greater role in elections and should have the ability to rally grassroots support for candidates who will represent their economic interests. That support came in the past from unions, but their strength has withered along with the earning power of the middle class.
I'm no apologist for unions, and don't claim that they are always fair and always give employees the best deal. The quality and fairness of a union depends on its members and leadership. They can be good or bad, just like all democratically elected government can be good or bad.
What I do believe is that Americans would be better off if they had a viable opportunity to organize a union. We don't have that opportunity today, and even before the economy crashed, employee wages were stagnant and benefits were being cut because corporate employers didn't have to match union wages.
Unions also are valuable in getting valuable election information to employees. In the past, unions could tip elections to candidates that that advanced humanistic agendas, rather than those who got giant contributions from the corporations and paid them back with tax breaks for offshoring American jobs and trashing the environment for higher profits.
Obama is good, but America needs to look to the future. We need Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act so that average workers can join together and elect politicians who will protect their interests.