Universal healthcare, ok we need to shut down the killing machine to pay for it. But then how do we keep the lights on? Ah Nuclear Power, oops that has to be subsidized by the state completely. Then there is the question of strontium 90 and plutonium not to mention were you put the stuff when it doesn’t do the job anymore. More coal plants? Mercury levels are getting quite high along with the Co2 levels. Ok we just pay more taxes, but wait don’t you have to be employed to pay taxes and if you run your own business someone has to consume those products there we go again that job word again. Infrastructure that’s the ticket build roads for the car company’s so when we pay for their failing businesses we can go back to vehicles that will just barely conform to the government café standards if they don’t take us to court and spend more of our money. You see Berry’s planning I don’t, and unless he can get and keep our support the corrupt in congress will continue to destroy everything it touches.
Already its tough enough to believe Joe Lieberman is still a committee chairman, and that that most of the rest even understand what’s what, see without a plan other than the wholesale robbery of the people Berry will not be able hold the attention of the people and if we take our eyes off of him for a second he will fall in line with the rest of the emperors during the fall of the empire. Berry gave us a good circus got our attention and he will have the support of the people if he deserves it, but it is up to us to keep the pressure up on all that is done in our names. 

So what we should see in any plan would as a priority contain Healthcare, Education, sane energy policy’s, control of the military industrial complex, and disbanding of the corporate media. That’s a lot to ask for but if old Berry wants to serve his Country it would be a good start and he might find out that his supporters just might stick around.

Yes this nasty, elbow-wielding, ruthless army should be disbanded because it will in essence replace the primary process.

There is more going on than meets the eye even for those who are smart and informed enough to know that our government has been co-opted by corporate interests. Obama may look like a turncoat to some for the time being, but time will tell. I predict time will tell us good things once we get through the tough spots. In the meantime, I believe Obama is going to be very clever in getting us through the rough times.

The bud must fall before the flower can bloom. That is why we NEEDED the Bush jerks to ruin things so they would get bad enough to mandate serious change. But those who manage the change, including Obama, have to be smart enough to know what’s actually going to fly politically. Some progressives shoot themselves in the foot because they play the dumb Republican ideological game without staying in touch with what it’s really going to take to get things running better on the ground…the ground we have to keep our feet on to get anything good and also practical to happen.

Don’t forget. Almost half of us nearly elected a couple of completely obsolete dough-heads to head this administration. Without enough political will behind him, Obama cannot do this nation much good. I don’t think it’s a good bet that most of us here are as skillful at he is in locating just where to draw that line. If you look at what he’s doing with this perspective in mind, you will see he’s being not just very smart, but very WISE! In the meantime, disbelieve all you want, but time WILL tell.

What a clever scheme!  Obama wants to create a house opposition when he shits on progressives to prevent a real opposition from developing to oppose him.  Well, I assume that the bankers will give him the money to attempt it.

The question is: can the young be dupted to that extent.  It’s possible, or at least neutralized by the cynicism involved.  kWhat progressives need is equally talented leaders who can counter these orgnaizational ploys in the interests of the population.  And these must arise from the young, probably from the very young that Obama is trying to coopt.

After 12 yrs of Reagan ‘Trickle Down’ Feudal system and the Talibanish ‘Moral Majority’, Dems were willing to be more flexible. Reason we tried not to get wild over many of Billy’s BS, legislatively or personally.
Well after Hillary sat down int he Senate and rolled for everything on Cheney’s Wish List, Then Ran a classic Neo Con Campaign…That Goodwill is GONE!
Have no Doubt there were Cheers during Teddy’s verbal Beating he gave to theClintons at the convention. Threw down the gauntlet and whipped the Torch right past their heads.God Bless Teddy, he may have had many screw ups in his Personal life..But the was always cognizant of ‘The People’ legislatively.
which Party has always been the ‘Labor party’ the Dems, and which Pres screwed Labor most dramatically? Bill Clinton!Not only shipped our jobs overseas, he gave Wall Street the keys to our ‘safe deposit boxes’, Our homes, our kids futures…heckova Job there Billy boy!@##^^&$#
REAL Dems have Always had something in Common with REAL Republicans..We love Small Business Too, and Small Gov’t and Fiscal Responsiblity. It’s the Corporationists and the Christian Taliban Jihadist which screw US both. Our Rights to a FREE Market - which is meant to citizens NOT Brick & Mortar Incs and OUR FREE Democracy and Constitutional Rights.
WE already have a Decree of Spearation betwen Church & State, We need one to separate Corps from State Too. Our Declaration of Independence is actually EXACTLY that!What’s the difference if theCitizens are being Screwed by a ‘Family Crest’ or a Logo…NOTHING! Trickle Down is Feudalism with an ‘Updated’ catchy phrase. If Introducing the Exact socio economic agenda our Ancestors escaped is Not TREASON then What is?
Let’s all give a big hand to HillyBilly for pertpetuating this Caste System in The USA (bridging Reagan to W),thus setting Up Cheney For the next 8 yrs! Bill Set up W’s admin, Like Hillary Just Set Up McCain’s campaign!

If Obama’s present trajectory continues his base will be eroded so fast he will be standing alone.

Belief is for suckers, I want to see the change! I am a conservative bleeding heart liberal. Big government is a drain on society just as bloated,high priced and elitist management drains a corporation of the resources and will to pay higher wages.
Obama needs to cut 30% of the white house staff to set an example for his future successes to have any HOPE. Obama was elected for PEACE, not more war mongering and nation building. Raise the minimum wage to $12.00 and make education a national security issue. As surely as Obama got elected, there is also surely an election in 2012. This is the last chance for the two party system. An Obama stumble into the “Same Old Thing” will guarantee a viable third party for 2012 and a tough time for Democrats.

This kind of organizational smarts is what we need to rescue our country from the illiterates who think the likes of Palin are actually capable leaders. McCain isn’t such a sharp cookie either. It chaps mine to think that almost half the country thought these two were qualified.

The politicians who supported them were just being politicians. There was no contest in terms of real competence. I guess we just need to be thankful that slightly more than half recognized this. The Republicans have good reason to fear, since their constituents are generally pretty ignorant of what’s actually going on in the world even if they have any intelligence. However, a huge swath within the Republican voting population is just plain ignorant. We need to take advantage of that.

I’m an independent, but the mindset of McCain/Palin supporters was highly reminiscent of neo-Nazi skinheads. The crowd dynamics at their rallies was just plain freaky and mindless. I’m vastly relieved they didn’t win.

Forward thinking people who know how to use technology and keep themselves informed through means other than the principal, ultimately Republican-owned media outlets need to take advantage of modern technology to make their voices heard as well as to keep themselves informed. I see that as one way we can actually get intelligent change to happen that will allow us to combat the very real problems we face as a nation. The Republicans are still being very backward and remain in denial about so much of what we need to change.