The Political Meliu

On January 20th 2009 when President Obama was sworn into office America entered a new period in our political evolution. Clearly the Republican party is falling apart, seemingly held together by the glue provided by Rush Limbaugh. The same party that is brought together by the mantra "Drill Baby Drill" is the same party that simply has no solutions....no answers....no change. Obama swept into office carrying the banner of change and has no intent to back down from his ambitious political track. To be sure his plans have been vast and extremely ambitious. Yet there is a great deal of disagreement over the mandate of his policies on such topics as earmark reform, healthcare, food sourcing, clean renewable energy, education and a host of other policies. Over the last 8 years we have wasted the political capital that was so entrenched when George Bush was voted into office. The party of small government simply became larger. The military expanded far beyond the role of national defense and comfortably stepped into the role of world police. The Republican party has clearly entrenched their belief structure within thier supposed party leadership of Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Lindsay Graham and to a great extent Rush Limbaugh. Somehow the head of the GOP R-Michael Steele has been hung out to dry for being more than the party of "NO". Michael Steele is in my opinion a wolf in sheeps clothing. It seems to me that he subscribes to some abject moral imperative far beyond the Christian ethic. Perhaps he should consider aligning himself with the conservative democratic coalition, The Blue Dog Democrats.

President Obama has created a Dynamic stream of consciousness that clearly the Republicn Party cannot grasp. Once again....to be sure. We are spending a great deal of money, more money than anyone can firmly understand. Over the last 45 days since President Obama's Inauguration the Republicans have paraded before both houses of congress with some very colorful posters comically showing how large the stimulus would be in terms of 100 Dollar bills stacked one atop the other. Then going further to explain how many times we could encircle the earth......HOW IS THIS USEFUL? Answer....its not. This is what I am talking about, the Republican party is simply the party of no. The party of temper tantrums, such as John Boehner dropping a copy of the stimulus plan on the floor at the house, such as Lindsay Graham heralding the end of the American dream.

My hope is that the White House doesn’t confuse "The American Dream" with "The American Promise". There is no American promise, you must work hard, make tough decisions with the hope that you can watch your children do better than you have. Obama is an exemplary model of "The American Dream". Born to a single mother who traveled around the globe, raised by his Grandparents and with no stable father figure in his life beyond his Grandfather, sent to the best schools through his academic achievement. Attained his Law Degree from one of the best Law Schools in the country, and became the first African American editor of The Harvard Law Review and yet gave up some clearly extremely lucrative job prospects to work as a community organizer. He worked his way up from the bottom...he had nothing and came from nothing. He became a state Senator.....a US Senator...and ultimately President of the United States of America. After 8 long years I am finally proud to call myself an American again, proud of our President.

The Republican is simply the party of no....a party with no new ideas, the party of old ideas who can’t see the future. They are simply holding on to failed dreams. Simply attempting to stay on message at a time when they offer no alternative. This is not the Republican Party, this is the Rebupli-Can’t party. Political Party