It is very good politically that Reid got his ridiculous jobs bill past cloture. This eliminates the “Washington is broken” nonsense from the MSM and makes opposition to BOcare that much easier.
Notice that only 30 GOP senators voted against cloture. The GOP did not mount a vigorous opposition. This bill is small potatoes compared to what is coming with BOcare.
Yep I agree, you have to pick your battles. The jobs bill isn't a drop in the bucket of our debt at this point. Congress has to be seen as doing "something". Republican leadership probably doesn't want to get stuck with the "party of no" label either.
Any bill that's called a jobs bill and isn't too radical or expensive was bound to pass anyway.
Good points.