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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | 2:04 a.m.
I attended the house party that Michael Mishak wrote about in his Sunday story in the Las Vegas Sun, “Momentum from Obama campaign dissipates,” and my take on where we are today is not that our momentum has dissipated, but that it has diversified.
Many people with different priorities came together to elect Barack Obama president because we thought his administration would be most likely to address our concerns and aspirations for change — whether in health care, the environment, energy, education, etc. And most of those people are still actively involved with those issues in various ways. People energized into electoral politics by the Obama campaign have taken their newfound skills to other campaigns.
Though the goal of electing Barack Obama in 2008 was accomplished, the work of implementing the programs and policies he and we espoused will continue, and has been taken up by dozens of organizations and thousands of activists. You may not be able to quantify us, as when tens of thousands turned out to cheer during the campaign, but the majority of us are still here and working hard for a better America.
HEY LINDA > When you think that you can work harder and accomplish more going the government route then you are then working for the government and not America. I did not read one good word that you had for the private sector or large or small business. You use words like PROGRAMS, POLICIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ACTIVISTS, >>> HOW ABOUT WORDS LIKE SHAREHOLDER, OR JOB HOLDER, OR BUSINESS OWNER, THINK ABOUT IT.
Hey, Powerplay, I was responding to a specific Sun article concerning "programs, policies, organizations and activists." When the Sun writes one about the positive role that business owners, shareholders (I am one) and job holders (I am one)are playing, and I feel I have something to contribute to the discussion, I will do so.
Linda Turner. You fail to acknowledge one important truth. Please read our founding documents - you will see that our nation was founded on very solidly conservative principles. These principles are what have separated us from the dictatorships and Socialist societies of the world throughout the years.
Seriously, why do people like yourself insist that our government needs to be fundamentally changed? I'm insulted when I hear Obama say we need to begin to re-make America. That is not within his capacity, he has no authority to begin any such process.
I'm sorry that you were born into a country that has a government with which you have fundamental differences.
You might consider that you could either accept the government our founders provided for this nation or move to a country that embraces your values.
I really don't want the kind of change this president is pushing and I think it's unconstitutional as well.