From Politico:
"President Barack Obama -- a vehement opponent of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision -- is offering a reluctant blessing to his top bundlers to raise cash for his pet super PAC in a bid to kick-start sluggish fundraising for Priorities USA Action, according to three Democrats with knowledge of the decision... Top Obama campaign staff will appear at super PAC events, although the president himself will not."

There is no significant difference between the democrats and republicans on their anti-labor orientation and votes. Examples of both parties working together to diminish the power of labor and unions and thus the middle class include the following.

-Ignoring the anti-union and anti-collective bargaining laws illegally passed in Wisconsin
-Allowing the Employee Free Choice Act to languish in Congress
-Encouraging EGT action against the ILWU even to the extent of hinting that the Coast Guard might be used as an anti-union force (see below for reference)

by David Swanson

In the news around the world and even in the United States on Tuesday was the anger among Iraqis at the failure of the United States to hold anyone seriously accountable for the 2005 massacre in Haditha.  The story was a useful reminder of how the operations of the U.S. military over the past decade have fueled hostility toward our nation.

President Obama began his State of the Union speech Tuesday night by absurdly claiming the exact opposite, asserting that the war on Iraq has made us safer and -- I kid you not -- "more respected around the world."  He later equated the war on Iraq to World War II, a surefire way to put anything beyond criticism in the United States, provided you can get people to fall for it.

A vote is a terrible thing to waste, they say. But exactly when are votes wasted? Are they thrown away when cast for the least of multiple evils. Are they squandered when cast for what people really need and want, even if that means a Democrat might not win? Are they lost when people with few or no good choices stay home? Or have voters already been robbed when the menu is limited to corporate-funded Republicans vs. corporate-funded Democrats?

There is a bipartisan tradition to appoint to the post of Secretary of Education someone who has no experience teaching beyond a few college courses and believes the best way to improve education is to cut funding and get tough on teachers and their unions. Obama has not only continued this tradition, by appointing Duncan as Secretary of Education he has appointed the most hostile person to public education in the history of the office.