Now is the time to lead. And we elected Barack Obama to lead us in the darkest hours.
We need no less than words of hope that any health care legislation that makes it out of the Senate is not a huge giveaway to the private insurance industry.
We hope for words that say that Senators with an agenda, pockets lined with lobbyist money and personal vendetta’s are not going to be allowed to bury true reform.
We ardently wish for an LBJ style line in the sand that says – “I will do whatever I need to and that is within my power to make sure that this bill not only passes out of Congress and to my desk but that it will truly help the American people I have been chosen to lead, nothing less will be signed with my pen.”
These are the darkest hours when the mess that is Democracy is exposed for the failures that lie in the power of money and influence. But it is also our moment when we can shine. When we can beat back the influence of the fat cat lobbyists and the uber rich that feel we are nothing but a bother to their agenda to rule the world.
And I wish my saying that was enough to get people motivated – but i understand that we need someone with the rhetorical skills, with the intelligence and persuasion not to mention the ultimate bully pulpit that the President owns – we need Obama to be his very best Obama and to lead us so that we will continue to fight for ourselves and our neighbors. Not see the troops go home saying, “what a screwed us system, we were taken again…”
You couldn’t have said it better!
Really well said Diana…
I’ve been thinking the same!
If not now, when?
Some say the Senate is open to getting a lousy bill out the door with 60, with the aim of using reconciliation when it comes back from the House to pass with a simple majority. I can’t tell if that’s legally possible, but I’ve been told Democrats have already include reconciliation language in the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution (H Con Res 85, S Con Res 13), so it has me wondering.
Either way, leadership on this would be nice!