I watched the state of the union address and yesterday I watched the meeting between President Obama and the Republicans in the House of Representatives. It was like watching two different Obama's..the State of the Union Obama was pretty much what I have seen before and was not overly impressed. He did not let on that he got the message that the people want good transparent government.
But yesterday he did, it was a side I have not seen and a side that I liked. His meeting with them was covered by the media pretty well but all the networks showed and commented about it in a way that furthered their bais on politics in general...The best view of it was on CSPAN...they did not make comments and they also covered the hand shanking and greetings that many of the Republicans the President had afterward. It was good watching them converse and smile at each other, no doubt promising better bi partisan cooperation in days ahead. I was encouraged that IF OBAMA 'wants too', that he can indeed reach out and solve problems. If he does this I think there is a possibility that he may be re-elected in 2012 for a second term. He does have charm and can be Presidential no doubt about it. I saw that side of him yesterday for the first time.
As he listened to the questions and answered them, he no doubt had the Miracle of Massachuttes on his mind. Knowing that the electorate there mostly democrats had elected a Republican to the Senate, yes, but they were actually without a doubt telling their President they wanted transparency and bi-partisanship,
OR ELSE.
And Mr Obama Got the message....Maybe we can visualize it like this, the night Massachuttes elected a Republican to the old seat of ted kennedy, his YOU GOT MAIL light, went on with a loud BONG...After watching the President yesterday I guarantee you he 'read the mail'....
The exchange was cordial and refreshing and the three members of the house in leadership were also very professional including Indiana's own Mike Pence. Now at least yesterday it looked good, but now we will have to see if this guys spots have changed just a little or will he flip flop back and forth when he gets in front of the camera's and is talking to the populace in general similar to the state of the union message...Will he allow himself to show he has changed when he works with the members of his party. He promised to hold leadership meetings in the white house with leadership from both parties from here on....that came when some of the republicans relayed to him that Speaker Pelosi used dictator style tatics in the house and is absolutely not bi partisan when she thinks she has enough votes to cram liberal legislation down the voters throat.
Actually from here I doubt he has changed, I think he will still pursue the liberal overspending and nutsville legislation we have seen proposed, but Buddy the Cavalier seen below and I will be watching and I am hopeful that we could be wrong....
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