I have just started getting serious about Tweeting.
It started with my concerns about the upcoming US Presidential elections.
You’ll note how hopeful I (and a lot of others in this country) I was when Obama was elected.
A very good friend, Leo Hindery (@LeoHindery) (who was closely associated with Obama’s campaign), presciently predicted that Obama and his party would be politically challenged by our expectations of him; if those expectations are not met (which was almost impossible given what he inherited), the Democrats would be really challenged in 2010 and more than likely be challenged in 2012.
And is that happening.
( If you’re interested check out Leo’s recent blog on the Huffington Post: http://huff.to/n27Jk3 )
While I admire a lot of President Obama’s agenda, I have become disenchanted by his leadership (or lack thereof).
I think Obama has done a good job with the USA international positioning and image. (See my post about his Cairo speech.)
I think he is addressing a lot of the agenda that he stated in his campaign, e.g. health care.
I am not shocked by his “executive”(just disappointed) behavior (it was pretty well outlined in the New Yorker during his campaign when they talked about his tenure as President of the Harvard Law Review).
I am shocked by the lack of flexibility in changing his agenda.
He could be emphasizing job development faster than other things like health care; he could be holding back on increased regulations …read environmental.. while trying to encourage hiring (business won’t invest in an ”environment” of uncertainty)
He could be follow up on financial regulations..
AND probably most important, he could communicate clearer with voters about these issues. (That doesn’t mean that he is not an excellent speaker. He is.)
Our more conservative friends communicate succinctly and clearly (right or wrong). Our more liberal friends seem to require intellectual rationalization (like this blog post…and all my others).
Some of my dissatisfaction started as soon as Obama was elected.
He has failed in his promised bipartisanship. I understand that he did not even reach across the aisle to Mitch McConnell. AND, the DNC had been so partisanly obnoxious about their fund raising efforts (as soon as Obama got into office) that I put a stop to contributing and put them on a “do not call” list.
I don’t understand why Obama doesn’t step up, use his office and position as the Bully Pulpit, and LEAD.
Thus my interest in tweeting.
I participate in a classroom activity called “Great Decisions” in Princeton.
It is a group who like to follow international issues. There is a “formal’ program, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association) that we follow periodically. At other time we just get together and chat about domestic issues.
Almost to a person we are at least moderately left of center (the rare right of centers are moderately so). So when discussing the upcoming election many felt that Rick Perry might be good for Obama is he ran on the Republican ticket. Obama might have a chance of winning.
And while I respect Governor Perry, I am not in tune with him. I feel that if he were on the Republican ticket, I would almost vote for Obama as a default.
I’m unhappy about that and would like a choice, so when we heard Jon Huntsman interviewed on PBS http://t.co/HydANz0 a week or so ago, I thought: YES.
I also understand Huntsman has little chance of getting on the ballot and thought it’d be interesting to try a “social/political” movement to give him some backing. Huntsman says he’d run under a “big tent” and I think he could. I think he’d draw a lot of unhappy Democrats like me (if Obama doesn’t start leading) and a whole lot of independents.
Thus my first Tweet.
Creating a viral movement, however, is not easy if you don’t have any following:
Yours truly: @larryaevans
It started with my concerns about the upcoming US Presidential elections.
You’ll note how hopeful I (and a lot of others in this country) I was when Obama was elected.
A very good friend, Leo Hindery (@LeoHindery) (who was closely associated with Obama’s campaign), presciently predicted that Obama and his party would be politically challenged by our expectations of him; if those expectations are not met (which was almost impossible given what he inherited), the Democrats would be really challenged in 2010 and more than likely be challenged in 2012.
And is that happening.
( If you’re interested check out Leo’s recent blog on the Huffington Post: http://huff.to/n27Jk3 )
While I admire a lot of President Obama’s agenda, I have become disenchanted by his leadership (or lack thereof).
I think Obama has done a good job with the USA international positioning and image. (See my post about his Cairo speech.)
I think he is addressing a lot of the agenda that he stated in his campaign, e.g. health care.
I am not shocked by his “executive”(just disappointed) behavior (it was pretty well outlined in the New Yorker during his campaign when they talked about his tenure as President of the Harvard Law Review).
I am shocked by the lack of flexibility in changing his agenda.
He could be emphasizing job development faster than other things like health care; he could be holding back on increased regulations …read environmental.. while trying to encourage hiring (business won’t invest in an ”environment” of uncertainty)
He could be follow up on financial regulations..
AND probably most important, he could communicate clearer with voters about these issues. (That doesn’t mean that he is not an excellent speaker. He is.)
Our more conservative friends communicate succinctly and clearly (right or wrong). Our more liberal friends seem to require intellectual rationalization (like this blog post…and all my others).
Some of my dissatisfaction started as soon as Obama was elected.
He has failed in his promised bipartisanship. I understand that he did not even reach across the aisle to Mitch McConnell. AND, the DNC had been so partisanly obnoxious about their fund raising efforts (as soon as Obama got into office) that I put a stop to contributing and put them on a “do not call” list.
I don’t understand why Obama doesn’t step up, use his office and position as the Bully Pulpit, and LEAD.
Thus my interest in tweeting.
I participate in a classroom activity called “Great Decisions” in Princeton.
It is a group who like to follow international issues. There is a “formal’ program, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association) that we follow periodically. At other time we just get together and chat about domestic issues.
Almost to a person we are at least moderately left of center (the rare right of centers are moderately so). So when discussing the upcoming election many felt that Rick Perry might be good for Obama is he ran on the Republican ticket. Obama might have a chance of winning.
And while I respect Governor Perry, I am not in tune with him. I feel that if he were on the Republican ticket, I would almost vote for Obama as a default.
I’m unhappy about that and would like a choice, so when we heard Jon Huntsman interviewed on PBS http://t.co/HydANz0 a week or so ago, I thought: YES.
I also understand Huntsman has little chance of getting on the ballot and thought it’d be interesting to try a “social/political” movement to give him some backing. Huntsman says he’d run under a “big tent” and I think he could. I think he’d draw a lot of unhappy Democrats like me (if Obama doesn’t start leading) and a whole lot of independents.
Thus my first Tweet.
Creating a viral movement, however, is not easy if you don’t have any following:
Yours truly: @larryaevans
