Obama

Anyone else catch our president last night? I was very impressed with his speech. Of course I am not foolish enough to believe that we can make everything better with a Stimulus Plan but I am hopeful for things that will be a by-product of the stimulus. More green jobs, more focus on science, more money to build and repair schools, more money for infrastructure projects, more money for solar panels, a focus on Universal Healthcare, there is more but I will leave it at that.

Then I saw the supposed future of the Republican party, Bobby Jindal. Wow. What a joke. Like him or not, Obama is a great speaker, and a tough act to follow. Compared to Obama's speech Jindal sounded like a really bad used car salesman. Forget the fact that Jindal is a Creationist. Forget the fact that he writes about his experiences with exorcisms. He has a right to be crazy. But trying to go toe to toe on the economy with Obama when the entire country is suffering is not a good idea. CNN polls show that only 8% of those polled had a negative reation to the speech. 92% liked the speech. America wants the stimulus to work. This is not wasteful spending, this is not pork, this is a first step towards fixing a battered economy.

If Palin or Jindal are the future of the Republican party then 2012 should be a cake walk. Unless there is a Republican who is a Centrist or a Moderate arises the GOP will be hard pressed to win a national election. The strategy seems to be to only cater to the religious right and the rich. To have a platform that says no gays, no evolutionists, no feminists, no atheists, no muslims, no minorities, no poor, no middle class, no unions, no pro-chice advocates.... is a losing strategy.