Issue of the day in Arkansas: Card Check

Lots of money is being spent in print and television advertising on the Employee Free Choice Act here in Arkansas this weekend. Labor officials are marching in Little Rock, and events took place around the state this morning on the issue, including a 9:00 event here at Cooper Tire in Texarkana. Dozens left this event on buses headed for Little Rock. Much of the discussion down here focused on lobbying Lincoln and Pryor to get involved in the process and, even if wholesale changes are made to the legislation, to offer some substantive modifications that will help American workers. There may be some fertile ground there, since John Brummett's Saturday column indicates the Chamber's willingness to explore a "tweaking" of the process.

In attendance down here this morning were International Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, AFL-CIO National Secretary Richard Trumka, and Arkansas AFL-CIO President Alan Hughes. Here I am with Arkansas YD Amanda Boulden and David Hardt of Dallas, President of the Young Democrats of America.