Reply #118: Missing the point!!

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Many of you are arguing who has the better policies and hence will make the better president. What you are missing out on is that on most policy positions BO and HRC are almost identical. HRC initially voted for the war and NAFTA but has now come around to BO's side, BO talks about almost achieving UHC but concedes that this is a work-in-progress and his ultimate goal is Universal Health Care, a la Hillary. On all other topics they are nearly identical. So policy SHOULD not be the criteria of decision making or differentiation.

It should be the ability to put those policy proposals into ACTION. This according to me is a key ability. HRC would make a great Senate Head or Speaker of the House, but to be President i.e. team captain you need something more. That something more is 'the ability to inspire and work together in teams to achieve a COMMON goal'!! HRC has shown in the past that she is very hardworking as long as everyone is working towards HER goal. She has shown a remarkable paucity in achievements that involve both sides of the aisle. BO on the other hand has legislation sponsored and passed which involved gathering support from Repubs and Dems. HRC is a great details person and will make an outstanding Headmistress, but BO has a vision, a dream if you will, of bringing people together and achieving all those policy outcomes.

So vote with this thought in mind please. Both are great candidates, but BO will bring the parties together and inspire those fuddy-duddies in Congress to achieve some useful legislation. HRC will focus on her own agenda (which though admirable) will only cause the Repubs to refuse to play ball and will achieve very little if President.

edited for a small grammatical error.