Barack Obama

I hope he doesn't go soft on the Rethugs - I'll be disappointed in him if he does.

I know he'll say we still have a lot of work to do to get this country back in order - that's reasonable. But I hope he puts his foot down and says something to the effect that he is still the President and it's still his job for another two years to steer this country in the right direction and that he won't tolerate any off course directions that the Rethugs will put forth.

We know where he stands on all the major issues and we know where the Rethugs stand on them and they are pretty much diametrically opposed. He has to say that if reasonable legislation is presented to him that was worked out in a bipartisan way in the House and Senate - he will sign it. But if the Rethugs try to shove ill-conceived, illogical and damaging legislation through just because they have control - that he will not hesitate to veto it.

I don't want a casper milquetoast president for the next two years. He has nothing to lose and he should get tough and stay tough and not cave to the Rethugs. He should have taken that tact a long time ago - but he still has two years and he needs to make the best of those two years in moving this country.