The Next Battle

A little suggestion to anyone in the White House who thinks a great New Year's wish is to pass a climate change bill in 2010: get jobs out there first.

If this Politico piece is accurate (and after the healthcare fracas, there's no reason to think Republicans will follow any other course), there will need to be 60 votes for any meaningful legislation to pass the Senate till hell freezes over.

Without an improvement in the unemployment numbers out there, it's only gonna get harder to pass any bill that costs the public in the short term.