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What do you want to see President Obama accomplish in his new term? n/t (Original Post) cynatnite Nov 2012 OP
Gutting social security, expanding the police state, cutting back LGBT rights... jberryhill Nov 2012 #1
We need national standards for elections. n/t doc03 Nov 2012 #2
The mandate is simple: rebuild the United States and make the rich who wrecked it pay for the job. leveymg Nov 2012 #3
peace. barbtries Nov 2012 #4
I want to see him walk up to Boner Drale Nov 2012 #5
Yeah Johonny Nov 2012 #10
ENDA and the death of DOMA would be first. Then .... vaberella Nov 2012 #6
single payer health care UncleYoder Nov 2012 #7
Afghanistan needs to end. SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #8
Since women put him over the top, REAL TEETH in Equal pay for equal work GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #9
Why, driving republicans into the sea, of course. Shankapotomus Nov 2012 #11
improve k-12 education and tax increase on the 1% liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #12
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. Gutting social security, expanding the police state, cutting back LGBT rights...
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:13 PM
Nov 2012

You know... the usual stuff here at DU.

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
4. peace.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:16 PM
Nov 2012

jobs (living wage) jobs jobs

what is the healthy unemployment rate? 4. 5 %? like that.

end of DOMA

2 liberal supremes

lots of green energy development, education, construction, jobs once again

better schools, greater opportunity

i know i'm forgetting something.

DREAM act

Drale

(7,932 posts)
5. I want to see him walk up to Boner
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:16 PM
Nov 2012

jam him hand into his chest, pull out his heart and take a bite out of it on the house floor but since I don't see that happening I want him to fight even harder against the obstructionist house especially now that he no longer has to worry about reelection.

Johonny

(20,880 posts)
10. Yeah
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:33 PM
Nov 2012

nothing can happen without the house so there is no reason not to offer compromise, but this time start walking left when they balk at it.

The pay roll tax holiday
The Bush Tax cuts
The debt ceiling
The sequestering

There are suddenly a lot of things coming due that doing nothing gives Rethugs the wrong result.

vaberella

(24,634 posts)
6. ENDA and the death of DOMA would be first. Then ....
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:18 PM
Nov 2012

for the next two years---hoping for a more progressive house---he can pass the Dream Act.

 

UncleYoder

(233 posts)
7. single payer health care
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:23 PM
Nov 2012

I used to work for the dept. of insurance liquidators here in Ohio. You know, the guys that go in after an insurance company was caught with their hands in the cookie jar. I had access to all the files and the amount of pure greed and lack of concern for the policy holders that I saw was amazing. I want all the insurance companies to go belly up. No one should be denied care in the name of profits.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
8. Afghanistan needs to end.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:24 PM
Nov 2012

The drone program needs to end as well. Killing people is bad, killing by remote control is beyond reproach. The drug war needs to end. Holder needs to be fired and anyone involved in the financial crisis of 08 needs to be removed from any position of financial power.

Also serious dialog needs to be had with Iran. Iran is the Republicans next excuse for a war. Had Romney won I have no doubt we would be invading or at least bombing Iran within the next two years.

What I would like to see from Obama is more liberal positions. He's still got his work cut out for him since the R's still hold congress. But that is no reason not to show the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Many have claimed that there is no difference between the two parties in the 21st century. Obama needs to show them that there is.

 

GiaGiovanni

(1,247 posts)
9. Since women put him over the top, REAL TEETH in Equal pay for equal work
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:25 PM
Nov 2012

This means cases like WalMart, where class actions of women paid routinely less than women were rejected by SCOTUS, need to be overturned.

This means liberal SCOTUS nominees.

No compromise.

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