THE BALLS IN HIS COURT-DOES HE PASS OR DOES HE SHOOT

During the campaign, Obama famously told Patrick Gaspard, his political director, "just give me the ball." Today, Obama is the president of the United States. He's got a lot of people screaming at him and cheering for him, and almost as many shouting advice. But he's the guy with the ball. The question is what he does with it.

I STILL BELIEVE IN PRESIDENT OBAMA--BUT, AND THIS IS A "BUT" THAT GROWS WITH EACH PASSING DAY, I AM GETTING A BIT WORRIED THAT WE ELECTED THE NICEST GUY AROUND WITH TONS OF BRAINS, LOADS OF SEX APPEAL, AND WITH A DESIRE TO DO GOOD.. ALL SOUNDS NICE ENOUGH, ITS JUST THAT THE JOB OF THE PRESIDENT(REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS OCCUPANTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE DONE/NOT DONE) REQUIRES HIM TO LEAD- BE IT BY CROSS PARTY LINES OR NO CROSS PARTY LINES, BY KNOCKING HEADS TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS- WHICH BY THE WAY- ARE THE GOALS OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED HIM INTO OFFICE.

I ACTUALLY CRAWLED OUT OF MY SELF IMPOSED PROHIBITION OF VOTING IN ANY AND ALL ELECTIONS BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE GOD KNOWS WHEN, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BELIEVE WHAT THIS GUY WAS SAYING.
**WHEN HE SAID "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN" I BELIEVED.
**WHEN HE SAID THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL- INCLUDING GAY PEOPLE, HELL YES I BELIEVED.
**WHEN HE STATED THAT GUANTANAMO WOULD BE CLOSED BECAUSE IT WAS A STAIN ON OUR NATIONAL HONOR- I BELIEVED HIM.
**WHEN HE STATED THAT TORTURE WOULD BE STOPPED AND THAT IF IT WAS SHOWN THAT AMERICANS TORTURED, THEY WOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE- I BELIEVED HIM.

what i need for President Obama to do is finally show that he is THE PRESIDENT and not as some have said, THE PRIME MINISTER leading his party. i want him to come out for something and not worry about how the wishy-washy public(the same public that elected him with a large majority) will react. he told us what he would do.

-DO IT NOW, MR. PRESIDENT
-BE PRO-ACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE
-GO FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, NOT FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET, FOR YOU WILL ONLY GET WHAT YOU SETTLE FOR