I'm just about at the end of my tether with this White House and my party. Democratic-Farm-Labor is looking more attractive all the time:

White House official: 'Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet'

A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the administration's sometime allies in organized labor, who invested heavily in beating Blanche Lincoln, Obama's candidate, in Arkansas.

"Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet on a pointless exercise," the official said. "If even half that total had been well-targeted and applied in key House races across this country, that could have made a real difference in November."

The AFL-CIO responds:

AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale: "When they say we should have targeted our money among some key house races among Blue Dog Democrats — that ain't happening." 

"Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party," Vale said. "It exists to support working families. And that's what we said tonight, and that's what we're gong to keep saying."

Maybe the veil is finally lifting.