The Incomplete Greatness of Barack Obama

[JDPriestly]

23. Face it, Obama fans. Obama is the best (the only) choice we've got.

He has done a lot, but he hasn't done what Americans really wanted him to do. Maybe nobody could, but he hasn't gotten that message out because he HAS BEEN TOO RELUCTANT TO PUT THE REPUBLICANS IN THEIR PLACE.

Obama has been too nice to big business, too nice to Wall Street, too nice to right-wing Democrats, too nice to Republicans.

The result is that the rich have gotten richer and richer during the few years of his presidency, and working people have lost out.

Democrats want to see their Democratic president show some oomph and fight and solidarity for struggling little people.

Obama is elegant, beautiful, charming, intelligent and kind, but he has not done things that show that he is on the side of working people. He thinks he has, but he hasn't.

From his policies on education to his policies on bail-outs, to his tax cuts that will inevitably weaken Social Security, Obama has failed to put up his fists and fight for working people. His speeches to American workers are energyless. They often sound more like apologies than pep talks.

Obama has a lot of work to do during this campaign -- and a lot of explaining for some of his policies.

And I will vote for him. In fact, I like him as a person and his challengers are worse than he is, but let's face it, this poll is quite accurate.