Edward Kennedy

Gwethalyn Phillips, a delegate for Barack Obama, said she was reminded of why she got into politics when she saw Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) address the Democratic National Convention last night.

“I remember when John Kennedy decided to put us on the moon, and challenged Americans to do that,” Phillips said. “Ted Kennedy brought a lot of that back to us last night.”

Of Michelle Obama’s speech, Phillips said that she was “so human, and so incredible.”

Phillips got into politics during the 1960s women’s movement and protesting the Vietnam War.

There’s a lot of spin kicking around about the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “card-check” legislation. PolitickerME will attempt to break the bill down to determine what it really does.

The bill adds another means for unions to organize, designed to circumvent some of the problems workers frequently encounter in the process.

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) is the sponsor of the House version, and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) sponsors the Senate version. Both U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud (D-East Millinocket) and U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-Portland) are cosponsors.

The bill passed in the House last year, but was filibustered in the Senate.