Reaching Out

I understand President Obama's perception that Washington comprises a powerful elite whose aspirations and objectives are not always consistent with those of the citizens who elected its members, and which may be stimulated by financial power completely unrelated to electoral representation. My thouht was that we would have to help him: we would have to be his eyes and ears, his foot soldiers.

This morning I read that President Obama held a town meeting in Fort Myers Florida yesterday. Why Fort Myers? Because there have been proportionately more home repossessions there than anywhere else in the country. What genius! You don't get sucked into the rules of the game the other guy wants to play by, pretending that Washington is the only place that counts. You leave Washington and you go visit the heart of the problem, knowing that the media will follow you. You remake the rules.

Next stop is Peoria, Illinois, on Thursday. Peoria lost 24,000 jobs last month. I like this president!