so he has launched well enough
he is not the progressive we knew him not to be
but he is powerfully intelligent of heart and mind

if there is mercy he will not get it at the hands of his detractors
and if we are not careful he will not get it from the hands of his supporters either
we must not fall short on our end when there are things we cannot agree with, but go on and save it for later
unfortunately, this will probably happen enough to make you wonder...
but there are some things that will not be forgotten and will be pursued to the end...

cutting the tax cuts for the rich
putting money back in for schools
saving the middle class along with saving the banks
restoring a moratorium on all off-shore drilling

prohibiting forever mountaintop removal and dumping into rivers and streams

saving the wilderness and all sacred places... of trees and waterlands, of birds and animals and all creatures of the waters and the good earth, of all of nature's bounty
closing guantanamo and the secret places of torture and detention

restoring the integrity of the constitution and the rights of the people

undoing ALL of the bush-cheney policies taking wrongful power into the executive branch

closing ALL of the bases in iraq and taking ALL of our troops out of iraq and giving back ALL of the oil rights, because our troops did not pay with american blood for the oil companies to get their fat oil field contracts, nor to protect their enterprise

and saving our people with single payer public health care for ALL

most critical now is integrity
and maintaining open and transparent governing
with a constancy of communication
telling us what is
or what was
or what's next
giving us humor along with eloquence of hope and the bitterness of your corporatist reality

make us your family
talk to us
don't forget who you are, young papa
stay close