Monday, August 31, 2009

Bob Dole to Obama: Stand Up, Young President!

Bob Dole and I can finally agree on something.  The President needs to stand up to Congress, not the other way around. As the veteran senator and former majority leader put in in this Washington Post opinion piece

"Many of us were taught that the president proposes and Congress disposes. Today, Congress is doing both -- with the president relegated to the role of cheerleader in chief as he campaigns for various House committees' efforts. Certainly, Obama supports much in these proposals -- but Barack Obama is our President, not a commentator."

"Obama's approval numbers would jump 10 points if Americans knew he was fully in chargeA tactical move of introducing his own plan would also stir more Republicans to become active for reform in critical areas. Right now the president's biggest problem is with congressional Democrats, who are split and searching for a way out of the medical wilderness."


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