Giggity.

def connect(self):
        self.dbh = MySQLdb.connect(
            getattr(settings, 'DB_MYSQL_HOST'),
            getattr(settings, 'DB_MYSQL_USER'),
            getattr(settings, 'DB_MYSQL_PASS'),
            getattr(settings, 'DB_MYSQL_DBNAME')
        )
        self.dbc = self.dbh.cursor()
        self.dbh.autocommit(True)

def checkAuthentication(self, user, password):
        self.execute(
            """
            SELECT password
            FROM pool_worker
            WHERE username = %s;
            """, (user,)


        )
        db_password = self.dbc.fetchone()[0]
        return password == db_password