It’s a stimulus to get him through the election. If he somehow magically gets it passed, it causes a slight quick relief of economic woes by sweeping them under the rug really quickly, and if it doesn’t pass, which is much more likely, he’ll be able to demagogue against Congress, which is what he’s already doing.
Yeah, they don’t seem too interested in going after Obama when he’s involved in this kind of stuff. They don’t appear to be too opposed to Obama’s bailout of GM on the taxpayers’ backs, or of the Solyndra stuff — which reeks of backroom dirty politics.