Where is President Obama?

Dear Friends,

Have any of the rest of you noticed that for the last week or so President Obama has been absent from the news?

Lately, I have seen him on TV or in the newspaper for two reasons.  One is a skit on The Daily Show where Jon Stewart uses the name of a questioner at a Town Hall meeting with President Obama to make fun of people's names. 

The second is that he is guaranteeing an $8 billion loan to build a new nuclear power plant.  Given the pros and cons of nuclear power, is that really the place where President Obama should be using his time?  The health care reform has been so watered down as to raise the issue of its significance, and he is not doing anything to even get that passed.

The Senate can't even pass the most simple form of jobs bill.  We need a jobs bill now.  We need to rebuild our infrastructure now.  The great thing is that rebuilding our infrastructure will create lots of private sector jobs.  See Bob Herbert's column in the New York Times today (here).

But President Obama can't even seem to get the Democrats to get a start at that.  He needs to get out of Washington and get in front of the American people and sell an infrastructure rebuilding bill that will create lots of great jobs. If you want to tell something to the President, here is the place to go.

Thanks for reading and please comment,

The Unabashed Liberal