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Originally Posted by kane
Exactly. If Obama loses the house, but hangs onto the senate he will likely stay the course he is on right now and feel it out. If he loses both it will be a very big warning sign to him that he needs to change up what he is doing.
I think, realistically, he is delivering much of what he said he would do. He said he would raise taxes, pass a healthcare bill, do a stimulus plan, send troops to Afghanistan, pass wall street reform etc. He is doing that, but he is spending like hell and I think a lot of people got caught up in the hype and suddenly realize maybe spending all this money isn't such a great thing. They got what they voted for and are realizing sometimes getting what you wanted isn't such a great thing.
I think Obama's number one problem was that he focused on healthcare first. He should have gotten into office and worked n the economy first and foremost and stuck with it until things were better, then he could have moved on. But it is hard to tell people that they should be happy there will be universal healthcare in 5-7 years when they don't have a job today.
I think there is a lot at stake for both parties right now. The republicans took it on the chin in the last two elections and took the brunt of the anger over the economy and the war in Iraq. If they get back into power they better deliver or it could be catastrophic for them. Obama is angling to get the minority voters fired up again and if he can pull of some kind of immigration that makes Latinos happy it will give the democrats a lot of voting power. The republicans will have to keep the independents active and involved if they want to hold onto their share of the power.
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One of my biggest complaints about Obama has been that he went after healthcare first, he needed to get people working first, that alone would get more people on healthcare.
He did lay out what he agenda was, but he failed on key points, he said the unemployment rate wouldn't go above 8 and it did and stayed there, I don't blame him for that, what I blame him for is he isn't doing anything about it.
The healthcare bill has left alot of people pissed because of it's size and things like Pelosi saying we'll know whats in it after we pass it, a key thing that Obama said the US would be able to read it for 5 days on the Internet before they past a bill and that bills would pass on their own merits, we didn't get that either.
Then there is the crap with Fox news, Obama did his best to censor them. They are the number one news agency and Obama didn't want them around. Working in this industry, I have no room for censorship!
People had a lot of hope in him, with all his promises, the first black president, but he blew that with the beer summit and the way he treated Netanyahu showed me that Muslims come first. That made it look to the rest of the world that the US didn't have there back and problems started, now he's back peddling on that, that scares me because you know that they will be the ones that strike against Iran with Nukes!
Then there's the Nobel peace prize, wtf was that about?
Then there is the bank overhaul that just past
Did you know that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are exempt?