I guess I'm swimming upstream here, because more of the people I know that used to post in political have decided it's just not worth it. Quite frankly, it's like banging my head against a wall.

First, Yoda, I can guarantee you the President Obama knows more about the intricacies of the Constitution than all of us and most of the Congress and Senate. After all... he lectured Constitutional Law at The University of Chicago. Second, he was a Community Organizer and a damned good one. Fact: You CANNOT be an effective community organizer and not ever deal with ACORN. It just doesn't happen. (P.S. Just because we don't agree doesn't mean I don't want to meet your pug! Haha! I love pugs, had one for 17 years and will probably get another.)

Bucco, you can post "links" until hell freezes over and I can pull up just as many links that will dispute all of yours. I don't chose to engage in the battle of the links. And for the love of God, please don't quote Ben Stein! OMG! He's most well known for his bit part in "Farris Bueller's Day Off." Yes, he was a quasi-speech writer for Nixon. Did I mention FOR NIXON! If you want to put comedians out there, I will counter with Jon Stewart, Colbert, and Bill Maher and trust me, they will tear Ben Stein to shreds!

Perhaps you'd like to read this Bucco:

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/index.html

Cashman, first let me say I don't think President Obama is infallible! But I do think that his background is always being called into question. When indeed, his background is "The American Dream." This is a man that came from a broken home, struggled for his education, graduated from Harvard, and was the first African-Amercian to become President of the Harvard Law Review. Went on to become a Community Organizer, a Senator, and now President of the United States, running one of the most successful campaigns in political history. He didn't have a daddy to buy his way into schools or into political positions. He did this all and I mean ALL on his own.

As for our country, I see of man of vision. Like I stated before, I think his plans are far-reaching and some will take years to blossom. Do you honestly think that a man that has accomplished so much for his age will suddenly deteriorate into some kind of babbling nonsensical idiot? He has taken us from the abyss of financial disaster. He is trying to pass Health Reform, that even the Republicans begrudgingly had to agree we need desperately. He is addressing the ever-increasing drop-out rate and lack of education in this country... and he has not one, but two wars going on! Quite frankly, I don't know how he sleeps at night with everything he has on his plate. I'm surprised he's not babbling down the halls like Nixon was. And I do understand his putting deadlines on things (quite frankly, anyone that was in the corporate world should understand this.) If you don't put some kind of deadlines up... nothing gets done! The Congress and Senate are no different than the Corporate executives that will take that extra long lunch hour or time off, if nothing is pressing them to action. Some our fearless leaders spend more time whining about not having enough time to read a bill, then actually reading the bill! I want to say, "Shut up, sit down and read!"

I'm sorry, but I personally have to discount the shrieking birthers, and the Tea Party was simply a Fox News controlled vehicle. Did you see some of the interviews with the people from "The Tea Party Express"? Comparing Obama to Hitler, this incessant yapping about socialism... this is all to whip of a fringe group of loonies! I'm furious that the media gives them as much air-time as they get! And to not even want their children to watch an address from The President of the United States!!!! How insane is that! He was talking about the benefits of staying in school and getting an education. How can ANYONE give credence to this kind of thinking. Many, many years ago, kids would actually lift their glasses of milk in a toast to President Eisenhower at lunch! I remember always watching Presidential Addresses in my grade school and high school. What has gone soooooooo wrong???

And like it or not... and quite frankly, I detest it... there is a racial undertone to some of this. I'm betting there are not many white southern men that want some black guy telling them what to do. That's putting it plainly and simply! We might not like to hear it, but it's there. President Obama will have to work 10 times as hard to win approval (if ever) with the right-wingnuts, than any white northerner would have to do. This is how I see it and many others do to.

Well, I might be in the minority on this board, but, I'm in the majority of the country. What will be, will be. I think he will get his Health Reform Bill passed because he's also intelligent enough to know when it's time to say "ENOUGH!" I think he proved that with his speech.