Moments after the 2007 version of EFCA died by a failure to invoke cloture, supporters of the bill had fundraising links posted to target the 2008 re-election of EFCA opponents.  AFL-CIO President John Sweeney urged voters to "go to the ballot boxes in 2008, armed with the scorecard filled in by [the] vote on the Employee Free Choice Act." 

Business interests are taking that threat very seriously, focusing attention in states where Democrats could pick up enough Senate seats to come close to the 60 votes likely needed to pass the bill in 2009.  Colorado -- reported on here yesterday -- is far from the only state on that list.

Now, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace has launched a focused "public education" effort in Minnesota, purportedly intended to identify the positions of the state's Senatorial candidates:  Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and Al Franken (D).  The campaign includes the launch of a Minnesota "microsite": http://minnesota.myprivateballot.com/; and, a new video ad reprising the role of the "persuasive" card-check proponent from the organization's earlier issue ad.