It could be time for a revival of the debate over vouchers, as a Barack Obama supporter, Roland Martin, acknowledges that they could benefit blacks in cities, writes Patrick Ruffini, who also laments the disappearance of a Republican urban agenda. Union pensions are a sleeper political issue, according to Soren Dayton, who notes that the powerful, pro-Democratic Service Employees International Union failed to fully fund their workers’ pension fund while providing more than was called for to its fund for officers.