World Issues

Blair House:The HCR School House

By John ⋅ February 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In this setting Mr Obama was in his element due to his exceptional ability to make an argument based on his encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject matter. It was really no contest – and one quickly had the feeling that Republicans knew they were dead ducks from the outset. The President treated his guests with the utmost courtesy. Even allowing the meeting to go overtime to ensure that Republicans had no reason for complaint. They complained anyway – but left it until after the meeting to whine to the media. Some things never change.

Your Public Option: Its Now or Never

By John ⋅ February 18, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

As the Healthcare debate enters its final days, President Obama must take an uncompromising stand on the absolute necessity for the inclusion of a Healthcare public option to reduce costs and create real competition in the marketplace. Any repeat of his earlier failure to lead on this critical issue will make it extremely difficult to keep his supporters motivated and cause real problems for Democrats wishing to retain their seats in November.

The Yearling in The White House

By John ⋅ February 13, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Meanwhile people are still waiting.Their unrealized hopes kept alive as a token of their faith in their President. President Obama says he will never give up. In response, his supporters should remind him that they will never let up. He wanted the job, they gave it to him, he made the promises, they will hold him to them. Mr President, it is time to deliver. Americans needs to get on with building their future.

The David of the Democrats

By John ⋅ January 31, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

In agreeing to a request from the White House to allow cameras to cover the President debating 140 GOP House members through a Q&A process, the GOP displayed gross overconfidence, an underestimation of this President and a totally wrong evaluation of the political implications of recent polls.

A State of the Union Response

By John ⋅ January 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Mr Obama’s words alone won’t save America. But positive action supported by the American people will produce results. Appeals for understanding about how hard the job is – won’t do the trick. But a determination to pursue vital issues and being more specific about what he wants will save his Presidency. That is vitally important to America’s immediate future. From now on it is up to the American people to organize and press relentlessly to let the President and members of Congress know precisely what it is they want.

The State of The Union Address 2010

By John ⋅ January 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

President Barack Obama delivering his first State of The Union Address. Including video and the full text of the President’s Address from the Capitol in Washington DC, on Wednesday 27th January 2010. This important, historic record needs to be forwarded to all Obama supporters to enable further reference and reflection at their leisure.

Obama’s Year for Grand Redemption

By John ⋅ January 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The upcoming State of the Union address on the 27th January provides him with the ideal forum for a new start, and the opportunity to signal a new leadership style. Now is the time for the President to tell the American people, and the world at large, that his White House induction is over, and that it is time for the Democrats to get on with the people’s business as mandated by the general election results of 2008. In signaling that the rules of the game have changed, he should make it perfectly clear that henceforth – with or without bi -partisan support – the people’s wishes will be done.

A Cunning Fox Snares Palin The Job Hunter

By John ⋅ January 12, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

This is precisely what I suggested might happen in my article of 20th November 2009,titled “The Transparency of Sarah Palin”. In the piece, I wrote that this would likely be the path chosen by Palin after her resignation as the governor of Alaska. That she would in future pursue wealth and celebrity via a national role in the media, rather than settle for a career of public service to the American people. The latter being an area of public life she had experienced and cast aside without completing her elected term of office.

A Downpayment For Prosperity

By John ⋅ January 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If the lessons of history are to be heeded, the Obama Administration needs to give priority to the task of introducing sweeping regulatory changes to the American financial system. The President needs to lead the fight. This is essential if America is to avoid a repeat of the economic devastation that its flawed deregulated financial system delivered to all parties affected by an economic concept so idealized as to become the mantra of the Republican Party and the root cause of the global financial crisis.

A Message for Obama Supporters

By John ⋅ December 28, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

It is not enough to simply know that you support him. As isolated as this President must sensibly be (and as much as that frustrates him) it is better to show that you continue to support him. Why not give Barack your own Thumbs Yup ? And what better time to let your President know that you are there for him — as he is, for all Americans.

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