Better than nothing #3

Minutes after the Senate passed the debt ceiling bill, President Obama spoke from the Rose Garden and called for a renewed focus on creating jobs.

Calling on Congress to present him with job-creating bills soon after they return from the August vacation. He also called for an extension of payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits.

Is this Congress likely to do either of those just after having gone down to the wire insisting on the absolute necessity of spending cuts?

You never know. A lot is for political theater. Now that the conservatives can tell their constituents that they "hung tough" and "changed the conversation in Washington," it might actually be easier to do something for the good of the people.

Whether it gets results or not, Obama is right to immediately set the tone that passing the debt ceiling bill is only one step, and we cannot stop there.

Ralph