2012 Legislative Agenda : USPS, Elections Force Hands

"Even legislation may not preclude the Postal Service from right-sizing itself," Lyons notes. "There's more pain to come, more heartburn."

Jim Andersen, CEO of IWCO Direct of Chanhassen, MN, and a key voice in the mailing community, is frustrated by the partisan politics. "It is regrettable that the level of Congressional gridlock we are seeing makes it unlikely that any substantive reform will happen before the 2012 election," he says.