What do you most want from Obama?

[Onlooker]

[sammytko]

1. where is the "want to have his baby" selection???

[onehandle]

2. Nothing. It's too late. Boehner runs the country for the next two years. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. Only because obama's leadership approach is so tepid and timid

[shirlden]

3. Yes to all

How does one chose from that list.................

[whistler162]

5. My pony!

[Phx_Dem]

6. I want him to keep doing exactly what he has been. n/t

[Enrique]

7. other: that he will change into someone else

preferably Bernie Sanders.

[randr]

8. I want him to follow through on promises made--nc

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Other

That he provides jobs for everybody who wants to work...

[rug]

10. Why do these polls routinely omit ending the wars?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Because They Have Become Fixtures Of American Life

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[mtnsnake]

11. Well, he ran as the peace candidate, so I hope he ends the wars & begins diplomacy across

the world.

[Demeter]

13. You Really Don't Want to Know what I Want

but a timeturner would be a good start....

[prairierose]

14. Other... I hope that he does all of those things as well as...

ending all of the wars, not just Iraq and Afghanistan but Pakistan and Yemen too. I feel like I might be forgetting something.

But as important as ending the wars, taking us back to being a nation of laws. Close Guatanamo and end renditions and torture. Where war crimes would be investigated and prosecuted. Where war profiteering would be investigated and prosecuted. Where major fraud would be investigated and prosecuted. Where the criminals who tanked the world economy because they got too greedy and stole too much at one time would be prosecuted. There are so many more issues like this and I can not even think of all of them right now but I think this is an important part of what must be done soon.

[NaturalHigh]

15. Other: I want him to fight for fairer taxation.

Billionaires don't need more tax cuts. Go back to the Clinton-era rates. Obama needs to stand p to Congress on this.

[hayu_lol]

16. An early return to Chicago...

accompanied by Arnie Duncan.

[demwing]

17. I want 1 of 2 things

Either be the leader you promissed you would be,,, Oh fuck it. That will NEVER happen.

Ok, strike the subject line. I want Obama to he get a new address.

[Balbus]

18. Other: resignation

[swilton]

20. +1

And that he names a progressive as his successor (Bernie Sanders, Michael Moore, Al Gore) with either of these (and others whose identification I would leave to other progressive voices) there is at least a 50/50 chance that things would be no worse than they are now.

[BlueIris]

26. Me, too! nt

[Enogero]

19. honesty

at least stop pretending to be liberal. i find it insulting and it damages the democratic brand

[JamesA1102]

21. I want a pony

And I'm going to hold my breath and stamp my feet until I get one.

[bigwillq]

22. For him to reconsider

his view on marriage between members of the same sex. For him to realize, accept, and acknowledge that we're all equal, and we all deserve the same rights and benefits as other people.
While the Obama administration has made great strides towards the advancement of gay folk, for him to publicly say that he thinks marriage should only be between a man and a woman is upsetting, disappointing and discriminatory, especially coming out of the mouth of the first bi-racial president of this country.

To me, civil unions are not equal. It's basically saying, You can sit anywhere on the bus, but you can only drink from this water fountain. That is not equal. It amazes me that Obama, being the first bi-racial president, and knowing the struggles he had because of his race, can continue to be speak out against this equal right for another group of equally discriminated against faction of our country. Sad.

[FrenchieCat]

23. I didn't vote in this poll, cause I"m the one that I am looking for.....

and so I'm not going to spend two years "wanting" as much
as two years "Doing what I can to get what I want".

That's been part of the problem...
everybody waiting for someone to do for them,
in a country where that doesn't happen.

[budkin]

24. For him to be a Democrat

[Chisox08]

25. All I want him to do is

Stand up for the poor, the unemployed and the homeless. I wish he would stand up for those of us that do not have a voice in Washington because the only way to be heard is to hand over a ton over money.

[Raine]

27. QUIT selling out to the corporations! nt