What's your number one issue? The one you want Obama to use his Bully Pulpit for?

[Quixote1818]

For me it's clearly getting taxes raised on the wealthy to get the dam deficit under control so we don't have to cut programs that the middle class needs and we can level the playing field! Also, using some of the money for infrastructure spending to get the economy pumping again!

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. stop the voter supression and the creation of laws focused on women

yeah, I know those are state issues.

[Michigan Alum]

32. Yep I agree. He did say he was going to work on the voting problems.

[Kennah]

2. I agree, taxes on the wealthy.

I heard today that The Boner is no longer as rigid, on the issue.

[Barack_America]

5. Add me as well.

Can't pay for anything else until we address the tax cheats.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Socialized medicine

A more regulated capitalism

A minimum standard of living

Criminalization of Teh Stupid

[ananda]

4. Ending voter suppression and undoing Citizens United!

..

[lapfog_1]

6. open the fema camps for re-education of 25M idiot Americans

just kidding!

[Archaic]

7. Universal Health Care

Once that's settled,

Businesses don't waste money on it.
We don't spend money on it (outside of taxation).
Nobody goes bankrupt.
People at low wage jobs can work and stay healthy.

If there is no profit motive for treating a condition, maybe we can start getting cures again.

Higher productivity due to healthier workers.

[Honeycombe8]

8. I suppose that's it for me, too. But then Citizens United is up there, although sounds unlikely.

Too hard to do. Doing something about the shenanigans at the polls ranks up there. It's cruel to have people stand for hours to exercise their right. And let's face it...many simply can't do it physically or don't have the time. Maybe vote online?

[jpbollma]

11. Definitely Setting up the Death Panels

I feel like we were promised these, but haven't seen much progress. I don't want to wait until 2014.

[Honeycombe8]

43. What do you mean? nt

[mick063]

9. Deficit is a big concern for "Conservatives"?

We can accommodate that.


Take it out of Wall Street's hide.

Not out of the elderly or the poor.


In other words, do exactly what he said he was going to do. Isn't that what he did the first term? Do exactly what he said he was going to do?

[femmocrat]

10. Firing Arne Duncan. Then getting busy on voter suppression.

Why are we losing Hillary, but keeping Arne?

[roody]

30. Get rid of Monsanto Vilsack too.

[Glitterati]

12. Immigration

I know too many immigrants in the shadows who are hard working, caring human beings who desperately want to be legal.

It's way past time to resolve this and Obama is the man who will do it correctly.

[Democrats_win]

13. Drastically change the economic equation.

This objective could be achieved by a transaction tax on Wall Street trades, limiting interest rates to no higher than 10% (a usury law), a much larger increase in social security benefits, making labor union membership the default condition of employment, and raising the minimum wage to $15/hr.

[blue sky at night]

14. fix the election mess we have...

the way things are going the republicans are taking over too many governorships and state legislatures thereby giving them the abilty to fuck up the vote; we need a national voter regislation and voting system. NOBODY should have to stand in line all day to vote!

[msongs]

15. deficit is a red herring, I choose universal health care with dental included nt

[graham4anything]

16. Amnesty then citizenship for ALL who want it

That is number one

Number two is 4 more supreme court justices in 4 years

Then I want Hillary45 to nominate Obama for the US Supreme Court in 2017 (was it Taft? ??) then for President Obama to be at some point Chief Justice Obama after Roberts retires

Idon't think this is an impossible dream either

[gypsylud]

28. Re: Obama and supreme court. I admit to having the same fantasy

[graham4anything]

35. He is young enough to be a serious candidate should he want to continue public service after 2017

And he would be easily confirmed

And it has been done before

[Evoman]

17. I'm not American, so I guess your "economics" are not as important to me as the environment.

I know my government (Canada) is complete shit when it comes to global climate change, but maybe if the states made some changes, it would convince my piece of shit government to make changes. I won't hold my breath for either government to do anything though.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. Stopping his

idiotic jihad against all things cannabis.

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

39. The People of Colorado and Washington have spoken very plainly.

We will fight your fed thugs who would deny us "the healing of the nations".

Tourism in Colorado will go through the roof.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

19. Two words! Supreme court!

If we get nothing else, the supreme court will shape our country for the next fouty years.

[Quixote1818]

23. I agree that is probably the number one issue

I didn't list it becaues he can't do anything about that YET!

[Tikki]

20. Environmental jobs tied to rebuilding the infrastructure and modernization.

Tikki

[Quixote1818]

25. Good stuff!

You are listing the thinks that will pay off big now and in the future!

[Johonny]

21. The two things he doesn't need the house for; end the war, end the Bush tax cuts

The real big liberal ideas are probably impossible.

I will be disappointed if he tried to cut the budget and agrees to domestic cuts while we spend $$$ on foreign wars. Lowering Government spending is absolutely my lowest priority, yet I fear the one they will tackle first

[liberal_at_heart]

22. education and taxes

[NRaleighLiberal]

24. making it fair. let the Bush tax cuts expire once and for all...

then onto our utterly screwed up election process.

Then, next week....

[gypsylud]

26. Immigration

Lock the Hispanics in 2 an 4 years for the party. Grow the base.

[FirstLight]

27. CLIMATE CHANGE

New infrastructure, new energy, easy conversion kits for cars already on the road, etc...we have the technology, and the people power...

[Quixote1818]

33. These things would be good for the economy too!

Plus make us a world leader again on high tech products that will be extremely important in the near future!

[wickerwoman]

48. +1

More than forty years overdue.

[llmart]

29. Breaking up the mega banks......

and increasing regulation on them. If we don't do that, then another meltdown will occur.

[Quixote1818]

36. Glad you brought this up! Very important! nt

[roody]

31. World peace and a peace economy

[SalviaBlue]

34. Universal health care.

Tax the wealthy.

Change ability of US corps to outsource.

[ibegurpard]

37. campaign and campaign finance reform

until we CONSTITUTIONALLY reform the process we will never have a government that works for the greater good of society.

[DonRedwood]

38. voter reform, return of the fairness doctrine

[MrSlayer]

40. Jobs and infrastructure. Construction.

I'm sick of being out of work and hundreds of thousands of my brothers and sisters are too. Put the country back to work.

[AC_Mem]

41. raise taxes on the rich

We need the revenue. The money that the mega wealthy spent WILLINGLY to destroy this President would probably have paid their fair share many times over to help get our financial house in order.

[MrMickeysMom]

42. I agree on raising taxes on those obscene incomes of the 1% back to Clinton's...

or better. If we do not invest that much or better into our crumbling infrastructure, we won't have a middle class.

In other words, a real stimulus leading us to renewable energy resources within this new job market. Put the engineers with ideas to think of how we commute, how we bridge, how we use our water ways, air, wind, even it it means using some natural gas (safety).

Educate, return the fairness doctrine to the people's airwaves, using the public school systems, vocational education and life long learning incentives in the work place. Create Medicare for All single payer plans to help the employers manage and government pensions level off, as they might with this much added benefit.-

[IAMTOM]

44. What's your number one issue? The one you want Obama to use his Bully Pulpit for?

1. Avoid conflict with Iran over nukes
2. Raise taxes on the wealthy to get debt under control and continue programs that benefit the middle class
3. Lesbian and gay rights

[Quixote1818]

46. Welcome to DU!

[PD Turk]

45. Labor

Not just jobs but jobs that pay well, us in the working class have been taking it in the ass from trickled-on economics for too damn long. It's time to hold the "job creators" feet to the fire by any means necessary and make it happen.

[Quixote1818]

47. We need Obama to be more like FDR this time around for sure! nt

[PD Turk]

49. Damn right

My grandfather and great uncle stood up to be counted with the union men in the '30s under FDR when the chips were down and organizing and striking were damned bloody endeavors. Not a day goes by that I don't feel that we've let them down as a country. The NLRA was a wonderful gift and legacy that generation of workers fought, bled and some died to give to future generations. Now it's been pissed all over and trampled underfoot....for shame

[BlueMan Votes]

50. fix the widenning wealth gap, eliminate as much fossil fuel use as possible, end the 'war on drugs'.

as for the second half of the first year of this term- i'll have to think about it more- but it would start with Medicare for All.

[eqfan592]

51. Climate change.

There are a lot of other issues that are really important to me (universal health care, stopping voter suppression, etc.), NONE of it matters if we don't get climate change under control ASAP!

[lpbk2713]

52. Nothing gets done in Congress because of GOP obstructionism.

He's said it before but he needs to keep on hammering home the same point.
This Congress deserves it reputation as the least productive and least popular
body ever because of their refusal to work together on anything that might
be perceived as making Obama or the Dems look good.