Reply #61: He'll Need Our Help

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I'm torn on the issue of whether he will owe us anything once he is inaugurated. There is merit on both sides of the argument. What won't be open for debate, though, will be the fact that he'll need our help. He'll face strong opposition from the far-right Republicans on Capitol Hill. As we've learned under Dubya, a President has LOTS of power but he will need the continued support of the grass roots to pass some of his better legislative ideas like rejoining Kyoto and amending NAFTA to include environmental, human rights and worker protections.