Iowa, New Hampshire, and Beyond



Barack won Iowa.

I was both surprised and not surprised. In my heart, I was voting Edwards while wishing for Dodd - Dodd has demonstrated total leadership - especially when it comes to telecom immunity and FISA (and he will lead that fight in January).

What frustrates me a little about Obama is pragmatism - the same pragmatism that Hillary shows and that irked me about Bill's years as Prez. Obama hasn't filibustered bad things, he hasn't taken strong stands on ending the war - all we need is one senator to stop the bad laws from passing - e.g. NO MORE FUNDING FOR THIS DAMN WAR. Why Obama says he is a leader and he is against the war but he won't do this is beyond me.

I have to say from the debates last night I was less than impressed when Richardson and Obama started talking about building coalitions, etc - having republicans, democrats and independents come together - I got furious - this is a pipe dream. We should realize at this point in time, after 12 years of republican congressional rule, that they will not compromise or be reasonable. We know this - we have seen it for over a decade - we should not expect it. We need to take liberal policies to the American people, make the case, and move forward with them - the republicans can commit political suicide by voting against health care and meaningful, long lasting economic stimulus based on sound sustainable energy policy and science to lead us to better medicine and innovation related to energy. When we put these policies forward, and we know we are right, we don't need to compromise with Exxon-Mobil and their republican reps - we push these policies forward, make certain the American people know which politicians are blocking the passage of these bills, and let the American people vote them out. This isn't hard.

Any of the four dems will be great as president, because they will bring good people into office. I prefer Edwards at this point because I believe he is least likely to cave in to the "centrist/corporatist" elements of our political establishment and "compromise" when no compromise is needed or warranted. We have to stop transferring wealth from 98% of America to 2% of America. We have to. Edwards is most likely, from what I have seen, to do that. I think Obama can do it, but either he or his handlers are keeping him from making it sound that way - I don't know why.

Too bad Dodd never caught traction.

Posted: Sun - January 6, 2008 at 09:28 AM          
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