Obama is dealt 4 Aces and he folds his hand.

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214. They are social progressives, and often business liberals.

He listens to all sides, and gets bombarded with conflicting recommendations, and tries to sift through the verbal chaos. I was at a small meeting with him and some Democrats Abroad last year. One or two were obsessed only with business concerns. Others, like my self, concentrated more on foreign policy and health care reform, as well as electoral fraud on the part of the Republicans. Some were one-issue types ("Hispanic community is the ONLY issue," etc.). We were ALL socially progressive, but where some were very business oriented, some were not. I wouldn't want his job.

Bush Lite had it easier. His whole inner circle had the one track mind of Dick Cheney. Obama doesn't want that.

As one who flies a LOT, I can sympathize with his (probably agonized) decision on the flight controllers. I'm sure he weighed the consequences of signing or nor signing. It's not just rich people flying first class that need air travel. It's small business owners getting deliveries, families trying to get together or see a dying relative one last time, students trying to get back to school from Spring Break, and a lot more. When I was in the States last week, I flew numerous times. Once was to visit with my brother and Helen Thomas. The rest was for work and medical appointments. I am now back at work overseas. I could not have done any of it without air travel. I resent those who would say that air travel is only for the rich flying first class. I sure as hell didn't. The USA is not Switzerland. It takes a lot longer than three and half hours to take a train or a bus from one end of the country to the other. Slow down air travel and you put a couple of million jobs in peril down the line. I'd very much appreciate mine not being one of them.