Name one thing that could save President Obama and the Democratic party!

[B Calm]

I say getting rid of NAFTA!

[Richardo]

1. I say more people taking your username to heart

[theophilus]

6. + A Googleplex n/t

[2Design]

2. same health care and benefits they have - exactly the same documentation

for every american

[Itchinjim]

3. That's a good start

[BobRossi]

4. That should have been his first priority.

Take care of those that put him in office first! Oh shit! That would be the bankers wouldn't it?

[tbyg52]

14. Yep. nt

[ixion]

5. Populism

'nuff said.

[Oregone]

7. Despite Obama's promise to renegotiate NAFTA, its been leaked by the Canadian government...

that Obama assured them the tough talk was just talk to get elected.

[jonnyblitz]

35. I remember that. nt

[yurbud]

44. I remember that too.

[napi21]

8. Get the damn nemploymet #'s down! n/t

[AlinPA]

13. Yes.

[rucky]

9. Jobs

Obviously repealing NAFTA would put us in a better position for that, but direct & immediate action is needed. People don't care about policy - they want to see change in their daily lives.

[Bluebear]

10. Turn their head from corporations & Republican "bipartisanship" to those who actually elected them.

[MissDeeds]

50. +1

Might be a good idea if he wants to run again...at least on the Democratic ticket.

[walldude]

11. A Conscience.

Pretty fucking simple.

[Davis_X_Machina]

12. Dennis Kucinich.

Because on DU, that's the answer, regardless of the question...

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. REAL health care reform

Which at this point could only happen if Obama keeps his promise to reject this shit bill, and tells them to get it right. And obviously anyone who heard Axelrod this morning knows that's not likely.

[Walk away]

21. +1

[Mojambo]

16. Obama needs Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket to get re-elected.

The party is fucked.

[polichick]

17. Probably can't save both. Obama seems happy as a corporate tool and con man...

But a populist uprising with a presidential primary challenger and populist candidates across the board could save the party.

(That's a "could" - imo saving the party is a long shot.)

[kestrel91316]

18. Single payer.

[salguine]

19. Both are beyond saving, I think. And if this is the best they can do, no big loss.

[Mari333]

20. pull all of the troops out right now

and apologize for the USA starting corporate wars for oil/
Full investigation of Bush/Cheney war criminals.
Throw out Gates and McChrystal
Public Option or medicare buy in back in health care
cut defense spending by 2/3
repeal NAFTA

throw out the Patriot Act
no FISA bill
dump the faith based programs
Dump DOMA and DADT
equal rights of marriage for glbt folks

[Greyhound]

22. The republik's ticket of Zombie Hitler and Palin. n/t

[dysfunctional press]

23. the rapture.

[ZombieHorde]

24. A Palin nomination would guarantee my vote for President Obama. nt

[janedum]

25. PUBLIC OPTION Health Plan. Get some BACKBONE, Obama! Stick with your original plan!

[saltpoint]

26. We are in the early innings.

Game ain't over yet.

I like our chances.

[Fading Captain]

27. Canada Style Health Care -- people would see benefits almost immediately

EOM

[janedum]

28. Stop acting like a wimp. Stop kissing the Repukelicons @$$es.

[Individualist]

29. Get rid of DLC

[Cleita]

30. Force financial institutions to be incorporated in one state only.

That's the way the banks used to be. They could only be chartered in one state and operate branches there under state as well as federal regulations and no where else. Break up the 2BGITOFAIL cartel. Also, make insurances public non-profit utilities. That would take care of another big problem.

[man4allcats]

31. Dumping this piece of crap health insurance reform bill and replacing it with

Single Payer health care would do it.

[B Calm]

32. Start arresting illegal employers!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

33. Admit defeat in Afghanistan and get out. Now.

[jonnyblitz]

36. I agree!

[readmoreoften]

55. Defeat? The goal was always contracts, oil pipes, heroin, and expansion.

How can you win a war based on nothing? You know what? Fuck it! Declare victory! Since the wars have no reality principle, why the fuck not?

[dhill926]

34. WAR!

Sorry. Only works for republicans.....

[LWolf]

37. Dumping the

dlc/centrist/corporatist/3rd way/new dems and making a sharp left turn.

[IndianaGreen]

38. I think those two are mutually exclusive

Obama is just another Elmer Gantry.

[Forkboy]

39. Jobs.

[FrenchieCat]

40. If we grow up and start understanding that we have to be in it for the long haul.....

Anything other alternative makes us quite the stupids.

[EFerrari]

47. Stupid would be not lobbying for what you want

as is infantilizing people who disagree with you.

[omega minimo]

41. Impeachment of Bush and Cheney

[onenote]

42. if you randomly stopped ten people on the street and asked them the following three questions

1. What does NAFTA stand for
2.What is NAFTA.
3. Do you think NAFTA is a good or bad thing.

what do you think the answers would be? My guess: 9 out of ten (or ten out of ten) would say "I don't know" to all three.

So I doubt making NAFTA repeal an issue is going to have any impact other than to make most people go "Huh"?

[B Calm]

56. I think most working people know NAFTA has been bad for workers. Even

if they don't know what NAFTA stands for.

[libertypirate]

43. Easy HR 676 - I will even provide the link bellow.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc111/h676_ih.xml

They should just swap it for the current bill about 10 minutes before the vote.

[yurbud]

45. SCALPS--Rahm and the economic team should be fired. Lieberman stripped of his chairmanship

and Obama must publicly apologize for giving so much power to those who don't have the best interests of the American people at heart.

Going corporate whore on one or two issues and having a couple of DLCers in his cabinet would be forgivable if there were some progressives in the cabinet and one progressive issue he fought for without compromise.


Neither of those have happened.

[OhioChick]

46. Jobs. n/t

[DailyGrind51]

48. A federal Jobs program, like the WPA

[Thickasabrick]

49. Bring our troops home and quit killing kids with drones. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

51. amnesia.

[notesdev]

52. Exorcism?

[McCamy Taylor]

53. Employee Free Choice Act. More union membership means more Dem voters.

[Love Bug]

54. Supporting whats in the Democratic Platform?

http://www.democrats.org/a/party/platform.html

[Obamanaut]

57. Actual change would be nice. nt