The White House is saying this afternoon that unanimity among Senate Democrats is not the standard that should be applied to his jobs bill. This is in advance of a vote tonight in the Senate on the bill. Republicans plan to filibuster the bill. So it is a certainty that the bill will not pass because it cannot get 60 votes. The question is whether it could even get 50 votes, which of course comes down to whether the President and Harry Reid can get the support of every or almost every Senate Dem.
The news peg is that the White House is going to go along with breaking the bill into chunks and voting on them individually rather than doing it in one big bill. And that’s supposed to be the White Flag getting run up the flag pole. Read More
White House: Unanimous Dem support not the right standard for jobs bill.
Playing off of the “We are the 99%” slogan, right-wingers have started a contending “We are the 53%” — of people who pay income tax vs the loafers and slackers who don’t.
