The Fight They Don't Want





So, what happened last night has become fairly common: there was a vote on some legislation that the Democrats were for, and the GOP, predictably, voted against even having the debate.  The piece of legislation this time around?  The American Jobs Act.  Fine.  They don't like the legislation--why?

That's the debate they just dodged. What do the have against a plan that aims at more jobs for Americans?  Do they think there's a problem with the details?  Do they think it might cost some kind of small fortune?  Do they think some other business is more pressing (although, to be honest--nothing could be more pressing to jobless Americans than getting a dependable revenue stream, you know?)  But they didn't want to debate it.  Sure, you could opine that this was the high-falutin' fancy-pants Senate procedural way of telling Harry Reid that without 60 votes, the whole show was a no-go, but I believe they don't want to do anything about jobs--because if they did something about jobs--more Americans might actually go to work.  That would improve the economy--and goshdarnitall, President Obama would end up looking pretty good. And there is no reason the GOP wants that--they want to replace Obama.

This is not a conspiracy theory. This is the sort of thing Sen. McConnell has said out loud where people could hear. 

So the Jobs Acts may just have to be broken up and put to seperate votes. I am certainly hoping Dems don't miss the opportunity to make the GOP explain their objection to each part of the legislation that they reject.  They need to go on record with why politics won out over doing what was beneficial to the American people. They need to explain--repeatedly.   Will they sound convincing? Or will it look like they stood against job-creating legislation to support the so-called "job creators" (who just aren't creating them fast enough) come November?

They rejected the debate on this one.  If this is the fight they won't want--this is the fight they need to get.