All to soon we will be voting to name our next leader. Our country has been in the middle of a crisis essentially since 9/11, and it will take extraordinary leadership to get our great country back on course.
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Take note of that video Senators Hillary and Obama. That is what real leadership looks like. Speaking of which were you when the above was going on? Why were you not by the side of Senator Dodd, or better yet leading the filibuster yourselves? You both want to be president yet you both have let numerous opportunities, Including yesterday on this very important issue, to demonstrate true leadership pass you by.
Leadership is not waiting until the last minute to sneak in and cast a vote, Leadership is being the first to step forward and proudly state your support/opposition.
Leadership is not just casting your vote to support or oppose a particular piece of legislation. It is actively campaigning others to join you in supporting or opposing legislation.
You Both make nice mouth noises about leadership, yet don't actually do any leading. Edwards is not currently in office so it is much easier for him to stand outside and say we should do this or that, but even he is not entirely guiltless when it comes to lack of taking the lead.
The people of our country are crying, pleading, begging for anyone to stand up and lead, and the only ones who seem to be doing so are Republicans. It doesn't matter that they are leading us right over the edge of a steep cliff. People as a whole tend to be rather lemming like when it comes to leadership and unless someone stands up and convincingly says stop you don't really want to march over that cliff. They will willingly march off that cliff with the Republicans since no one is offering them any alternatives.
The biggest complaint I hear about Democrats at work, home, at the store, in the bars isn't that Democrats are too liberal. It is that they are exactly the same as Republicans. And it is very very difficult to counter that perception when just about every day you can read in the papers about things like. Alito, Roberts, the bankruptcy bill, FISA , bill after bill, confirmation after confirmation. During all this Demcrats stand up make noise about how they oppose this or that and then promptly sit down and give the Republicans everything they want.
That happens because there is currently a lack of real leadership in the party, and it will continue to happen until someone steps forward to put a stop to it. Do I have any takers Presidential candidates?