The Republican heavy weights are waiting this one out. The president's base is firm, despite the media attention towards people's movements this year alone. In fact, they know - some implicitly and others explicitly - that America's work of electing Barack Obama is not nearly done, some of which can only come with a full eight years. I suspect that even Gen. Colin Powell knows that.
The Barack Obama that America elected in 2008 is more like a second-term president. It is only with a second-term that Americans begin to unite under leadership- he's tested and we're tested. Then we can actually see policy unfold, despite the tirades of 'the party of NO'. Since we refused to stand up and demand greatness of presidential leadership.It is only recently that we see any genuine attempts to change the political conversation, as exemplified by the Occupy Movements (and early aspects of the TEA party).
The Occupy Movement followed the Arab Spring, which may meet another rainy season if the violence continues in places like Syria and still in Egypt. None of the current Republican candidacy have demonstrated the ability to even hold a public dialogue about how any of these matters are inter-related and what that has to do with the American people. Like it or not, the world is a bit complex - not complicated, but full of diverse ways of life, which requires dialogue to resolve inevitable conflicts. The Republican side uses sloganeering to stigmatize so-called 'Liberals' as having some agenda that likens itself to land-grabbing or some other odd socialist scare propaganda. That's odd, too, considering the very real grabbing of natural resources to the detriment of public health and public wealth. Petroleum and war are seemingly inevitably intertwined in that petrol-based/commodities unfettered capitalist economy, which is as clear as the Gulf is cloudy! No, all of these candidates, with all due respect to their careers, have demonstrated a mere ability to dumb-down this historical moment into policy slogans, whereas the Obama/Biden '08 campaign's 'Change We Can Believe in' galvanized masses. Just think if Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan, or Michelle Bachman's slogan to make "Barack Obama a one-term president!" She full-well understands the sadistic mongering
Look at this, Republican voters: $12 is the minimum wage in England, but the first-year college student working at the local Walmart in Alabama is happy with her $7.70 per hour. With social media, this young lady can know that more easily, and see past the 'Obamacare' slight used to diss the sorts of healthcare systems enjoyed in many parts of the world, especially England, where I currently reside received government coverage within days of moving there. I was shocked at the level of coverage I received while spending junior year abroad in France years ago. No, America is not really THE best at all we claim, which is sad because only of polarization holds us back.
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