Candidate Obama

Dear Friends,

President Obama seems to finally have gone on the campaign trail.  He spoke today at LaborFest in Milwaukee.  I actually watched the whole speech online.  It was candidate Obama on the campaign trail, and it was really great.  He is a great speaker.  He can get a crowd enthused and on its feet.  He really seems to believe what he is saying, and he is saying what real Democrats have believed for years.  Here is a sample:

But on this Labor Day, there are two things I want you to know, Milwaukee. Number one: I am going to keep fighting, every single day, every single hour, every single minute to turn this economy around; to put people back to work; and renew the American Dream not just for your family, not just for all our families, but for future generations.
Number two - and I believe this with every fiber of my being: America cannot have a strong, growing economy without a strong, growing middle class, and the chance for everybody, no matter how humble their beginnings, to join that middle class. A middle class built on the idea that if you work hard and if live up to your responsibilities, then you can get ahead, that you can enjoy some basic guarantees in life. A good job that pays a good wage. Health care that'll be there when you get sick. A secure retirement even if you're not rich. An education that'll give our kids a better life than we had. These are simple ideas.  These are American ideas.  These are union ideas.  That's what we are fighting for.

President Obama is right.  Those basic values that he outlined are worth fighting for, and we need to fight for them.  We need to help President Obama fight for them.  We need to hold him to his promise that he will fight "every single day, every single hour, every single minute".  We have not seen that so far but every time I hear President Obama speak like candidate Obama, I am willing to give him another chance.   He sounded like he really means to fight "every single day, every single hour, every single minute" so we need to do two things - hold him to his promise and stand beside him in the fight.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal