Obama blasts Boehner for wasting time on legislation reaffirming "In God We Trust" as national motto

This is what Republicans do.  They focus on stuff that feels good and doesn't matter.  Whether it's something that feels good to the rich who own them (cutting taxes for the rich) - or something for their other overlords, the religious right (taking a swat at gays and abortion).  The GOP simply doesn't have it in itself to focus on the country's real problems, namely, the economy and jobs.  That's why they focus on the silly stuff. Because they're sure not voting for any jobs legislation - you see, if the President supports it, even if it's good, even if it's originally a GOP idea, the Republicans will say "no" because they think that's how they can win next year's election.  It doesn't really matter to them if they hurt the economy, if they hurt you, in the process.

That's the only reason they're voting on things like this, because they think they can use it against Democrats next year.  And the corollary to that is that they don't think they have anything to use on the economy, so they have to come up with this crazy stuff in order to win.  That should scare everyone who's out of job, or not doing nearly as well as they were before the economy collapsed.

And let me add, kudos to the President for again standing up to the Republicans.  The old Obama would have cosponsored the "In God We Trust" legislation if he could.  The new Obama, rightly, calls the Republicans out by name.