Jobs Bill to Get GOP Filibuster

If a vote on the president's jobs bill is held this evening in the Senate it won't come anywhere near the necessary 60 votes to overcome a Republican-led filibuster.  And it might not come anywhere near a simple majority either.  Three or four supposedly labeled "moderate" Democrats are balking at the vote.  A piece of legislation that is as popular as any bill in Congress can get at the moment, unemployment at drastically scary levels and an economy growing at barely 1% and it's still impossible to do what's right.

It would be nice to garner enough votes to show the public that the bill would pass if the GOP would allow an up-or-down vote, like they demanded so many times when they were in power. Chances are, though, the only thing this vote will show the public is that Democrats don't need an opposition party to block their agenda.

*Update:

Repubs successfully filibuster Obama's jobs bill, 50-48.  Two Dems sided with the GOP, Ben Nelson and Jon Tester.  Obama administration plans to break the bill into smaller parts and try, try again.