Obama On the Campaign Trail: First in a Series....
I attended President Obama's Online Event with the Organizing For America folks on Thursday. I think the President made a rousing speech reminding folks of what the actual achievements were in spite of the opposition by the Party of No. I think he was quite gracious in continuing to extend the hand of friendship despite all that has happened. The question is whether the Republicans will take that hand.
As I saw the President rally the faithful, I saw the man who rose from humble beginnings. I also saw a man who seems to understand the realities of Governing. Governing is not easy. In Governing, there is no time to wonder. One has to be resolute and stand for principle. I continue to find the President's admonition that he would rather be a good one term President than a medicore two-term President to be quite a statement that seems not to have gotten as much traction as the pronoucements from the GOP blasting every single statement the President makes.
I truly am trying to understand what the GOP is trying to accomplish. They did hand the President their "solutions" which is available at http://www.gop.gov/. The GOP has truly overcome the disaster of 2008. Their website is slick and they truly seem to get the power of Social Networking. They have taken a page out of the Obama 2008 campaign and the Democrats are not getting it. When will the Democrats wake up and realize what has hit them?
Fredrick Douglas once said that, "...Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." The GOP wants to get back into power--that is clear. But, the people have to demand answers and not simply be satisifed with tired old solutions.
As I saw the President rally the faithful, I saw the man who rose from humble beginnings. I also saw a man who seems to understand the realities of Governing. Governing is not easy. In Governing, there is no time to wonder. One has to be resolute and stand for principle. I continue to find the President's admonition that he would rather be a good one term President than a medicore two-term President to be quite a statement that seems not to have gotten as much traction as the pronoucements from the GOP blasting every single statement the President makes.
I truly am trying to understand what the GOP is trying to accomplish. They did hand the President their "solutions" which is available at http://www.gop.gov/. The GOP has truly overcome the disaster of 2008. Their website is slick and they truly seem to get the power of Social Networking. They have taken a page out of the Obama 2008 campaign and the Democrats are not getting it. When will the Democrats wake up and realize what has hit them?
Fredrick Douglas once said that, "...Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." The GOP wants to get back into power--that is clear. But, the people have to demand answers and not simply be satisifed with tired old solutions.
Mike Pouraryan
