President-Elect Obama

Ok, it looks like President-Elect Obama will soon be running the country. With Pelosi and Reid running congress, one thing is sure... It looks like we will see how things go when they are run from the left. I hope Obama does a fantastic job. Maybe some of the theories about how taxing the rich means they have less money to hire employees and expand business will turn out not to be true. We're soon gonna find out. I'm praying for Obama and his family. They are certainly getting ready to begin an exciting part of their lives. I wish them the best! As Americans, we'll all be watching to see how things go. I think there are a couple of things that would not hurt him, but would both give him even more political capital with which to work... He could announce a task-force that will work out a solution to the immigration issue. That task force could be co-chaired by a Democrat and a Republican.. If he announced John McCain will be co-chairing with a Democrat, that would be a coup. McCain's immigration policy is not far removed from what Obama wants as well (remember, Ted Kennedy worked with McCain on the immigration bill that never made it.) Then, he could announce a similar arrangement with Healthcare and Hillary Clinton. He also has many similar idea to Hillary when it comes to Healthcare. Announcing these 2 task-forces/committees will give him time to deal with economic/foreign issues he will surely be spending a great deal of time working on. They would also prove that he is serious about bringing people together to fix these problems. Since he has congress on his side, it should be fairly easy to get whatever he finally proposes passed. Obama can then work on the economic stimulus and tax hikes/cuts he has promoted during the campaign. He can focus on that during his first 100 days, and the Healthcare and immigration plans could be submitted several months after these task forces begin their work. This will allow him to deal with these issues within 6 months or more. We'll see what happens:)

Raymond
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