Sunday, December 9, 2012

The Election is Over. Let's move FORWARD.

I supported Mitt Romney in the Presidential Election and Scott Brown in the MA Senate race.  Unfortunately both of them were defeated.  Unlike the reaction of some people when Bush was elected I DO consider Obama as MY president as he was lawfully elected, and, while I disagree with many of his points of view, hope that he succeeds in moving our country Forward.

We are approaching the Fiscal Cliff which, if not resolved, will cost all of us too much money.  I am sick and tired of the obstructionism on BOTH sides of the aisle.  For the good of the country, Congressional leaders and the President need to grow up and work TOGETHER.  No solution will be perfect, but if NOTHING is resolved, THAT will not be good.  I think the word COMPROMISE must have been removed from both sides' vocabulary as that is what we need.  Forget the PR, lock yourselves away and come up with a compromise with an agreement to review the compromise at certain checkpoints along the way to tweak any part of the agreements that may not be working as planned. 

It seems like this is impossible but there are some recent precedents for this.  Do the names Reagan/Tip O'Neil, Clinton/Gingrich, and Bush/Kennedy ring a bell?  These were people of different viewpoints who worked TOGETHER to resolve issues and move our nation FORWARD.  I want to be able to add Obama/Boehner to this list!

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