I just realized that Obama's American Jobs Act is not meant to stimulate the economy or create jobs.
It's meant to force Republicans to kill a popular jobs package, which they did last week. But as Harry Reid hacks off individual provisions of the dead bill to submit to additional votes, it's obvious the Democrats are intent on forcing Republicans to slay the zombie bill's reanimated limbs as well. These votes will be damaging for Republicans, since most of the stand-alone elements of the Act are polling pretty well, and the White House has spent weeks drumming up further public support for them. And if the political pressure cracks Republican unity enough to get something like a payroll tax extension passed, then that will be nice bonus.
Make no mistake: this thing is a reelection strategy.
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