Common Sense Reform

Month: February 2008

  • Why Obama?

    The character of the Clinton machine is becoming evident as the primary race continues.  The attacks are building and now the possibility of manipulating the “superdelegates” looms on the horizon as her chances for the nomination get slimmer.  The point is, her actions now demonstrate the very reason we need a person like Barack Obama as our President.  We can hope that he will bring credible, honest leadership to replace the greed, arrogance and back-door deal making that appear to be the hallmark of this office.

  • Schwarzenegger vs. Health Care Reform

    The results of the governor’s and selected legislators’ emphatic effort to “reform” the health care system, ABX11, was defeated in committee, thanks to those with the intelligence and good sense to see the error in this measure. Once again, the insurance industry’s attempts to control the direction of this very important issue have been thwarted.

    Arnold obviously has no awareness of the the issue himself, but he should at least seek the wisdom of those who do. Simply review the program and the math: SB840 would provide universal, affordable, choose your own doctor, comprehensive coverage to all Californians and save us $320 billion over ten years in the process.

  • The Obama-Clinton Ticket

    “It’s just a matter of common sense!”
    This was heard from one of the “conservative” talk radio hosts in reference to making decisions on our country’s leadership and the measures that need to be taken to straighten things out. When thinking about the need to bring about economic stability and global respect, an Obama-Clinton ticket makes some sense.

    Obama definitely has demonstrated the type of leadership we need in our president, the ability to bring hope to nation mired in “politics as usual” with its greed, elitism and behind the scenes deal-making. But Hillary Clinton has intelligence and abilities that would support a strong president.

    Is this the “dream ticket” that our country can support, across all supposed boundaries of race, color, political party, gender, age, regional politics, etc.?

    We’ll see…..