I voted for Obama! I did. I was excited and proud in the months leading up to elections.I saw in our future a truly amazing change and was thrilled to be a part of it.
Flash forward to now, 2011 end of February. I am still thrilled to have helped start the ball of of change rolling!
Because of my enthusiasm I'm finding it hard to stomach some of the latest approval polls. It seems quite a few of those who voted for President Obama aren't quite as excited as I am. It seems to me that a huge sticking point has been Obamacare/Affordable Care Act. Not actual Obamacare/AFCA though, the perception of Obamacare/AFCA. It seems like a lot of people are not really sure what is going on.Conservatives seem to think it's encroaching on their right to... rack up thousand of dollars in debt because their pre-existing condition that wasn't covered by their health insurance became an issue? I'm not exactly sure why they're upset. The unhappy liberals really wanted the universal health care to happen, but I feel like the first round of reform went really well and a lot of the changes make good sense for everyone. I don't feel let down in the slightest.
Still though, there are many people like me. I think President Obama is going a great job. Every good leader is capable of balancing the best of intentions with the realities of compromise.
I found a columnist that has similar thoughts on this issue. Louis Black from The Chronicle has done an awesome job of breaking down the whos and whys behind those polls. He starts out with a pretty easy to relate with experience of people being coy about their general positive feelings about Obama and his progress so far. Black then breaks down some of the misconceptions that some groups had/have concerning promises from Obama and general misguides disappointment and where it might have stem from.
His ideas seem well informed and not overly angry, just annoyed and expressing it with some humor.
I really enjoyed this column and I'm looking forward more of Black's views!
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