Obama nominates no-vote rep's brother to a judgeship

Talk about Chicago politics at its worst. You're not going to vote for ObamaCare? I'll tell you what, I'm going to go ahead and make your brother a judge. Think about that, sleep on it, and tell me how you feel tomorrow.

Rep. Jim Matheson is one of ten Democrats who voted "no" on ObamaCare who the president is trying to woo. Yesterday evening, the ten were invited to meet with the president at the White House so he could make his case. Mere hours before the meeting, the White House fired off a press release nominating Matheson's brother, Scott, to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Scott Matheson has been a law professor for 25 years and is undoubtedly qualified for the position. But the timing of the nomination is completely shameless.

We'll see how many more legislators Obama and the Democratic leadership have to buy off before this massive travesty of a bill gets a final vote. To his enormous credit, Jim Matheson seemed unfazed by the nomination and said he wanted to see a more bipartisan bill. Hopefully he'll stick to his principles.