Help Obama Find His Shoes

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/14177/help_obama_find_his_shoes

Features » November 19, 2012


U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House on November 14 for his first news conference since winning re-election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama’s re-election is a huge relief—we dodged the Romney/Ryan bullet.

However, that’s not the same as winning a better future. If Obama’s first term is a prologue to the second, we should not expect to see much progress in strengthening the rights or bargaining ability of workers. Therefore, in Obama’s second term, we need to be:

• Smarter about the policies we advocate.

• Selective about the candidates we endorse.

• More disciplined about building a strong social movement.

FULL story at link.