Reply #8: I try not to judge the President's day-to-day

[LuvNewcastle]

performance on the job because I realize that he has to work with agendas which take time and planning to carry out. But because he doesn't say much about his position on the issues, he's seen as weak-willed and vacillating. The complaint I hear most from people about Democrats is that they don't 'stand' for anything. They prefer to vote for Republicans because at least they know where the Republicans 'stand,' even if their position is wrong. That is some seriously shitty reasoning, but that is the political reality we are stuck with. If the President believes in basic Democratic principles, and I like to think that he does, there will never be a better time to articulate those principles and begin to assert his own unique position. Democratic ideals are better than those of the Republicans and it's time to remind America why. Obama can try to 'trick' some conservatives into voting for him or he can accept the support he already has and build on that.