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To: Taro who wrote (545105)	1/20/2010 4:08:58 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1576705

here's where Obama isn't leading as much as we'd all like. He's give general guidelines on his policies and letting Congress flesh out the details. He needs to be far more prescriptive and then smack people into line. That's what Bush and Cheney and Delay and Frist did...and it worked. So if Obama doesn't want to get pulled to the far left, then he needs to LEAD. Right now, I feel like he's a center-left President, but he's being pulled left. If he let's it go on too long, then everyone will have to start thinking that maybe he wants to be pulled left. Either way, that will result in him being a one term President. If he goes too far left, he'll lose the entire center...people like me. The center doesn't vote based on party ideology. We vote based on ideas that work and success at implementing those ideas. Right now, I've heard a lot of great words, but I'm starting to doubt Obama's ability to execute on priorities, which is exactly what turned me against Bush Jr. to start with. I mean, why are we still in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why is Gitmo still open for business? Why is the health care debate still going on? Why is the current health bill a disaster? Where is my darned renewable energy bill that levels the playing field for renewable energy companies to compete in the energy markets? I'm still waiting for Obama to execute. I'll give him another year, but at that point, I may start to get seriously negative on his administration.