Pelosi is the problem. I think this country would be far far better off if Obama was President and the Republicans controlled Congress.
Obama has and will continue to improve the US' foreign relations (which I'm very supportive of). Domestically, I think him and Pelosi are two runaway trains. Both have huge illusions of what the government should accomplish and neither one is willing to pull back on the reigns. Pelosi has been dreaming about this type of power for years and now she's making hay.
I believe that health care reform (along with immigration reform and social security reform) must happen. But this is an absolute train wreck. Obama would have been smarter, IMO, to take immigration. He has a better chance to "reach across the aisle" with that debate than health care, but I'm sure Pelosi wanted to put her stamp on the country asap.
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