and I voted for one. I don't want an ideologue! I want a president who has policy goals and beliefs as to the nature and role of government, yes, but I demand a certain flexibility.
Barack Obama isn't as easy to define as we might like, but at the end of the day I expect he will always ask a lot of questions, that he will actually listen to the answers, and he will try to make the best decision he can.
I expect him to do his best to protect the interests of the citizens over corporations. I expect him to defend our civil liberties. I expect him to fight for a better standard of living for all Americans.
I don't expect him to sell us out. As to the details? I'm open to suggestions, and I suspect he is as well.
I'm just weary of shrieks, howls and moans of many of the idealists who see/saw in Obama the embodiment of all their hopes and dreams and now complain he has "changed" or "shifted centre" or "shifted right."
The man has not changed.
It seem you'd like a dash of both ideals and politik, eh? Sounds good to me. I think he can do that, and I hope he does.
What we need to do is get the meaning of the word compromise to not = democrats selling out.
Hopefully we get 60 and it looks like more US reps, so maybe we'll make compromise = kicking the shit out of neo-cons and midly bending over the republicans.
What Mary Scott said above TIMES TWO!
Hell, it wouldn't really matter HOW far to the left Obama was, it will take fricking HERCULES to start to pull this country BACK from how far right Nixon, Reagan and the Bushies have pulled us....
If he can undue 30% of the damage done by virtually decades of Republic rule in 8 years, GOD BLESS HIM!
He's going to have to deal with a weak economy, YEARS of bad outsourcing policy, TWO wars...
Maybe I should say "God HELP HIM" instead.
My god, it's not just the Fricking USSC, have you people LOOKED at the make-up of the circuit courts?
You give John Mccain even 4 year of more Federalist Society Step Children on the circuit courts and it won't matter that much about the USSC?
Between that, and replacing Ginsburg and Stevens, I would crawl over broken glass for ANY Democrat.
But, I also want Reapers list, and one more BIG WISH.
Tell us the truth, PLEASE, as tough as it is, as much as your handlers are going to say "Worry about how that will play, how will you get relected"...
I'm not looking for FDR.
Just tell us the truth, the hard truth.
We can take it.
Politicians have historically served those who pay their way into office. And for the first time EVER we will have a president financed by the people.
Why would Obama "sell out" the people who are financing him -- the people, that is? I can't believe he would do it just for the fun of it and alienate them and their dollars in the process.
I defy any and all who claim Obama will serve the same interests as Bush (or even Clinton for that matter) to provide ONE REASON why he would.
Just for the record, swissffun zeroed this comment of mine because of dislike for another comment I did. Couldn't even answer it intelligently -- just rate and run. Very petty blogging and abuse of the system if you ask me.
