SEIU: The fight goes past the election

Next thing you know, they'll be saying more and better Democrats in their press releases. Because continuing the fight for better Democrats is exactly what the SEIU is proposing for the months after November:

As part of the union's proposed "Justice for All" plan, SEIU members will continue the 2008 political campaign past the election and through the first 100 days of a new administration in order to win affordable healthcare and rebuild the middle class by restoring workers' freedom to join unions. What's more, the union is willing to spend $10 million to oppose elected leaders who turn their backs on these and other key issues for working people.

"This is our chance, our time to change America, and we are no longer willing to put up with the doubletalk and political hedging we've too often heard in the past," said SEIU President Andy Stern. "SEIU members expect that elected leaders will live up to their promises, and if they don't, we will work to elect someone else."

The union cites its support of Donna Edwards over Al Wynn in MD-04 as a model for future actions. Not a bad model, and one the netroots will be following, too.

That should keep Blue Dogs and spineless types on their toes.