Politics is Important

Though voting for debate on a measure which might (barring Filibuster reform) never come up for a vote, or voting for a vote on a measure which will surely lose, might seem mere theatrics, they are in fact the stuff of Politics, and we should leverage them as much as possible.

Two of the worst Democratic Party Senators have become dark stars in recent fights.  More attention needs to be focussed on the actual details, such as the elimination of the only serious tool to fight global warming (the clean electricity standard) and negotiation for drug prices.  IF our government could only pass those two things, and skip (for now) crap such as a childcare subsidy for those with family income below $60k, I'd feel that at least some progress had been made.

How are those with family income less than $60k going to hire the help needed to prove to authorities that they have income less than $60k?  Neoliberal programs such as this (remember Obama's "help" for low income homeowners) typically barely gets utilized.

But of course the establishment leans toward token benefits (as little benefit as possible, and feeding some new predatory industries) and business as usual (predatory capitalism).  We need to see fundamental institutional changes.  The rest leaves us still headed toward the abyss, just with more bullshit paperwork.

Nevertheless, it's important to tie obstruction of needed changes to names and make the worst of the obstructionists lose in elections and look like losers too.  That's Politics too.