Reply #114: A few things [View All]

[Marie26]

- REAL universal health care
- dump the neoliberal economic advisers; define his economic approach, embrace mixed government, reject Friedmanite free-market ideology.
- Address the harm globalization has done to working-class, and create strategies to help ameliorate this harm. Pledge to strengthen human rights & env. protections in free-trade treaties.
- speak strongly against the contracting & privatization of gov. (I've heard Hillary say this, not Obama). Pledge not to privatize Social Security.
- Pledge to get rid of NCLB. (not just modify)
- A better environmental plan. Drop his plan for big subsidies for liquefied coal. Apologize for voting for and/or pledge to rescind the Cheney Energy Bill. He's too beholden to coal/nuclear power interests.
- Incorporate a more populist message, plans to help the working poor similar to Edwards.

And beyond the policies, I personally would like to see some more real anger & empathy from Obama in order to really trust him. Go after the Bush/Cheney Admin, express outrage at how they've hurt America. So far the only real anger I've seen from Obama is when something damages him (IMO). I'll vote for him regardless, but if Obama did some of these things, I could be truly enthusiastic about him.