Obama, where's your head at?

This time around, Obama isn’t doing as great as he hoped. Mark Lander of the New York Times writes that Obama isn’t getting the same satisfaction that he did in 2008. His voters aren’t responding like they used to. Apparently a lot feel as though he hasn’t done enough, so they’re looking for the next best thing. At a restaurant in Marion, North Carolina, it was seemingly interesting to find that very few diners got up to shake his hand as anyone would  when in the presence of the president.  The other few were there to critique him and provide their complaints. Lander writes “A  lawyer, Dan Kuehnert, urged Mr. Obama to roll back regulations on business, which the president said he was willing to do — up to a point. Bob Ritter, a pastor at a Baptist church, told Mr. Obama he was praying for him. But he later groused about bank bailouts, saying they amounted to “picking winners and losers.”

Obama is working hard to rise above the negativity and continue to promote himself as best he can so that he can get the votes back from North Carolina. He managed a 3-day tour there to promote his jobs bill , but is also seen as a “crucial segment of his electoral map.” The responses he’s getting are a prelude of what’s to come, but he’s taking it one step at a time. “Look, I appreciate the ‘four more years,’ ” Mr. Obama said to a friendly crowd early in the day at Asheville’s regional airport after it burst into a familiar chant about a second term. “But right now, I’m thinking about the next 13 months.”

Obama spoke about the senate’s rule against his $447 billion bill. His speech was well said and well put together. Obama stated, “They said no to putting teachers and construction workers back on the job,” Mr. Obama said to a spirited crowd of several hundred gathered on the tarmac under a giant American flag. “They said no to rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our airports.”
“Essentially,” he declared, “they said no to you.”

 “If they vote against taking steps that we know will put Americans back to work right now,” Mr. Obama said, “then they’re not going to have to answer to me, they’re going to have to answer to you.” 

So where's Obama's head at?  He's worried about our Country. His attitude, in my opinion is pretty on point. Stating that he’s more worried about what’s going on with today’s economy rather than his reelection, is telling of his motives for the nation. With that statement we can conclude that he cares more about the people of the nation and the prosperity of America than his “title”.  Something that we need to all be aware of is the fact that he can’t just write laws and pass them all on his own. American need to understand that Congress has a large role in the law passing process and we can’t just put the blame on Obama, because he can only do so much. Obma became the president after the nation was left in ruins. He was left to remove the excess debris and continue from there. Lets cut him some slack and listen to what he  has proposed and is willing to do for the nation.