Leadership

So why are the Democrats so afraid to push this urgent deal of a financial bailout for Wall Street through. Why do they need the Republicans? We elect these people to Washington to represent us, to look out for us. If the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve come to you and tell you that this is needed, the President says its needed and you yourselves know its needed why let angry voters that know very little about this situation, scare you out of making a decision they know they need to make.

Is the purpose of being elected to get re-elected? Or is it to lookout for the people that you represent. They sit on banking committees and commerce committees, we work and take care of our kids and try to make a living to support our families. We don't have time to follow the banking regulations or how Wall Street even works. Not that we are a dumb electorate or have no need to monitor the goings ons in Washington but the politicians job is to lead. Its not always the popular decisions being made but that's your J.O.B.

So if the people are upset that they have to pay for someone elses mess remember what you tell your children when they scream about something not being fair. Life sometimes is not fair. Remind them, like Senator Obama has, that the cost of doing nothing will be worse.

Everyone, including the people on "Main Street", were happy when money was abundant. Now we have to pay the piper. America may not be a nation of whiners but we do seem to want something for nothing. We have crumbling roads and poor schools in part because no one wants to pay for it. To mention rasing taxes is political suicide. Just ask George Bush Sr.

The reason nothing gets done in Washington is not just lobbyist but being re-elected. So Dems show some leadership don't concern yourself with blame but with purpose. You are the majority. To much is given much is required.