I was unaware that $700+ billion was little. I wasn't aware that a discriminatory tax policy was little. Making fun of him for doing little "stay in touch with America" gimmicks, like filling out an NCAA bracket is little.
Sure, picking at everything will mean little stuff too but his biggest problems are huge.
I have no problems with the "big" issues, but going on about DirectTV on Air Force One and such never accomplishes much. I understand the news organizations want to make a big deal out of it because they have 24 Hours of air-time to fill, but that doesn't make it necessary to be a part of the political discourse.
I'll be the first to say that Republicans are in trouble and don't focus where they should, but saying that their strategy should involve planning to win their next elections is only something someone who is losing touch with true importance could say.
The fact is: Whoever actually has ideas to really fix this country will be very unpopular and if they worry about winning their next election then they will fail at their goals.
This is the problem, the Republican party doesn't have any goals. Every single one of them is screaming as loud as they can trying to get their point through where instead it makes it out to seem that they have no point at all. There are plenty of Republicans in the party that I agree with, that I'd like to see their ideas acted upon... But until we get rid of the Rush Limbaugh pit boss, get rid of Mike Steele and his idiotic "Hip-Hopification" of the GOP, and actually take the problems facing the country seriously and address it with realistic answers other than "MOAR TAX CUTZ PLZ, KTHNXBYE" nothing will actually get solved.
I'd like to see the Republican party stick around, but until they can hone their message and stay on task, they're not going anywhere. Of course, that would be my own political analysis of the party.
Irony. Honestly, as a non-Republican I personally think you have been too supportive of President Obama's ideas for you to honestly still relate to the Republican party.
Point taken, and trust me, I've been thinking a lot about changing fully to an "Independent" status. However, I do not think that my support of Obama and some of his policies should require me to leave the Republican party. The problem right now is that we're not having an adequate discussion from within the party on what is the right thing to do, other than simply oppose the Democrats on everything they want to do. As a Republican who supports Obama, I'd view my position as saying "I like the idea, but we need to do it a little more differently" and vice versa. But, of course, since we have to politicize everything this day and avoid realistic solutions for our problems... That can't happen.
You act like because you and a number of former Republicans fell out of favor with Bush that it means everyone did.
There is a significant portion of the Republican party that fell out, or was pushed out, based on Bush policy and the ideology that formed out of it toward the end of his administration. What it comes down to is that moderate and liberal Republicans are not allowed a voice any longer, and if they do act on their political beliefs, they are chastised by the current leadership as traitors, for giving up on their morals, and ultimately giving up on America. That is massively inappropriate, and consequently, it will serve as the end of the party if we don't come together to fix this problem.
Republicans had touted their "big tent" nature for decades, attempting to appeal to a massive number of voters who could generally agree on some basic ideals, but it has all been tossed out in favor of pushing a very narrow agenda that can only motivate a shrinking number of people. It is not a sustainable way of operating a party.
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Hmmm. A whole bunch not about Obama, what a surprise. Anyway:
RE: Obama and his Iranian Message
Its a good move on his behalf, I believe, to begin to possibly engage the Iranians directly. It appears as though Iran has accepted the message in a pretty decent way as well, which has me thinking positively of it, but much of this will hinge on their elections that take place in June. Still, I believe that if we can work with the Iranians in the Middle-East, we may be able to address far more security concerns within the region than ever before, so this is a wonderful step forward.
...How about Cuba next time?
