What A Difference Ten Days Make

[marmar]

from OurFuture.org:



What A Difference Ten Days Make
By Isaiah J. Poole

January 30th, 2009 - 10:10am ET



Consider how far we've come since January 20.

On Thursday, the Senate followed the House in passing a reauthorization of a child health insurance bill that will mean 4 million more children will have access to health insurance. When the Congress passed similar legislation last year, then-President Bush vetoed the legislation—twice. This time, President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law next week.

Increasing the number of working-class families who have health insurance for their children is just one of the significant victories progressives can lay claim to in just the first 10 days of the Obama administration.

Struggles over the the administration's economic recovery package, and the brutal snubbing Obama received from House Republicans in spite of what most progressives think were ill-advised compromises, have threatened to overshadow the sea-change that is unfolding inside the Beltway. It's wrong to let that happen. Instead, the change should be celebrated, defended and established as a foundation for the bolder policy steps that this administration must take in the days ahead. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009010530/what-difference-ten-days-make

[navarth]

1. It's like our first little sips of water after 8 years of desert. eom

[katty]

2. when I saw Obama and Biden on Middle Class this a.m.

I thought, my god, am I experiencing another dimension?! They are actually talking about The People--what country am I in?!