Reply #120: That is a great question. I no longer believe it makes any

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difference which party is elected to power. In my opinion, Obama was selected to be President by the folks who actually run the country. He was given numerous tasks to accomplish by them. Healthcare was one of them. I'm sure you know what we ended up with--basically a Republican plan of a few years ago...Dole's, I believe it was. Anyway, I could suggest other tasks he was given, but I'll say only one that I'm fairly sure of, that being the reduction of entitlement programs; namely, Social Security and Medicare. To do this he will need the right people on the Supreme Court because the severity of this task will result in legal challenges. I voted for Obama. I was swept up like everyone else. Obama has been a case in abject futility. I hope we use a better decision-making process next time, if, indeed, we get another chance in 2012. I, too, believe he never intended to run for a second term.