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Here is the second take of your Revival advice for President Obama. Your thoughts on what’s gone wrong - and right - over the last two years. And what he could/should do to stage his own Revival.
Keep ‘em coming!
We need to put our positive pressure on Congress to pass legislation. Each victory makes the Dems and Pres. stronger. The GOP is exploiting "anger." We need to overcome their negative passion with our own positive passion. We can help with the tooting of horns! Here's a wonderful list of the accomplishments of the 111th Congress, posted by another fb friend. Let's spread the word.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/161270
Janice Mowrey
Use your bully pulpit and speak out! it's not about being a wonk, it's about being a leader and bringing us all together for common purposes
Stephen Rhymer
Right now, Fox news is one of the major outlets controlling the narrative to their base (but more importantly to independents that look to Fox News for information)- it's also an outlet that is very accessible to the White House. If Mister Obama were to do regular interviews with Chris Wallace and Bill O'reilly- he would begin to mitigate the potency of their message. After two years of such a strategy, the effects would not be insignificant. During the campaign, Mister Obama stated that he would sit down with his enemies for talks without precondition. It would appear that this is a situation where that ideology would be well heeded.
Christopher Allen
Start tooting your own horn. Parts of "Obamacare" (yes, I use that term sarcastically) that are extremely beneficial to seniors and parents of kids under the age of 26 are going into effect now. Point this out to the American public. Repeatedly.
Lori McNew Wcisel
Go LEFT to meet his base and stop pandering to the right, they are never gonna like him.
Ursula Delaney
First of all, reaffirm what he believes in, and then release, some way or another, what he's actually done since he has been elected. Avoid mistakes such as appearing in front of a window after a blow... Look strong, self-confident despite opposition, and go on speaking to all Americans with hope, faith and truth. Explain what was left when he arrived at the White House. And also explain what the crisis is about, what are the choices in such an era, why people must remain confident in his molicy, what he's going to do to make the economy stronger and to offer more jobs, which efforts must be done from everyone... and maybe do that with experts nearby, you know that kind of special show (it's never been done, I think) where the President speaks to the Nation in a true but reaasuring way, with debates between experts, and President Obama giving his feelings and intention. Stand to his promises and remind him of the title of his second book - for himself and for the rest of the nation. The Right wil never admit he's 'right' but those in the middle, who keep changing their minds all the time, or those who haven't bothered voting, especially the young generation, can still be gathered under his banner... and that's worth fighting for that!
Emma Desquins Deregnaucourt
Here's an idea: That we the people stop being complicit in creating the very conditions we claim we deplore. That we stop playing the blame game and looking for heroes where there are none to be found. Voting in an election and believing that Obama (or any other elected representative) is the end-all answer is either naive, or lazy, or intellectually dishonest, or all of those things. Our nation's politicians, whatever their good intentions, came to power because corporate money put them there, on *both* sides of the aisle. And until that changes, we will not see "change," but political theater and back-and-forth blame and bickering that only further empowers the de facto political power: corporations. Let's stop looking for heroes and villains and look in the mirror. Let's stop spending our own money in ways that empower the corporations that are running this country via the political process (and running this country into the ground): big banks, big oil, big food, big pharma, big health care, big media. Until we do *that* much as individuals - by voting with our wallets in lifestyle decisions we make every day - middle management types like our dear president will have no chance to effect real or lasting change. And there can be no "revival" of any sort beyond political stagecraft.
Kelly Neill
I would just say NO!!!. Get a SET of you know what and as Michael Douglas said in the movie " I AM THE PRESIDENT!!!! I am entitled to dream aren't I? :)
Jared Freedman
Simply to do what he said he was going to do, this is the reason we voted for him, do not let the republicians make you CHANGE!!!
Sheila Elhilaly
Stop asking the opposition to work with us. They are not going to do it. That's their whole strategy. Get it?
Diane De Martini
Charles Ommanney