THE SEIU: A PAPER TIGER? Union fails in move aimed at N.C. Democrats who opposed health bill. “A defiant move by one of the nation’s most powerful unions to help oust Democrats who voted against the health-care bill by establishing a third political party in North Carolina has failed because organizers did not collect enough signatures to qualify for the November midterm elections.” Remember, this isn’t a union made up of tough, disciplined coal miners. It’s a union made up of DMV clerks . . . .