Based on all I see and hear, I’m well convinced that BarryO is going to be re-elected in November. With the advantage of the two term limit rule, he’s now free to do as he sees fit.
Given those realities, I feel compelled to suggest some second term changes
1). Let’s start with the big one: drone attacks. Stop them. You crossed the line by authorizing the killing of American citizens without trial or any other semblance of due process. This is wrong, by any measure. In your acceptance speech after the election, please confirm that these attacks will stop. Period.
2). The day after the election, you need to convene a round table of the best minds in the world. Note I said the best minds, not the best economists or Wall Street executives or government leaders-just the 15 or so best minds in the World. Put them all in a room and challenge them to develop a plan to fix the world economy. Give them 72 hours and only allow bathroom breaks; send food and water in while they work. Tell them you want the solution in plain English with no more than 15 pages of text. You take the product to the UN and get the world to endorse it. This will atone for Colin Powell’s mortal sin in 2004 and may save us all.
3). FIND the will and a way to work with the Republicans. You are way smarter than them, but you need to get past that. Without bipartisan cooperation, we cannot solve any of our problems. So get over the fact that they hate you for being who and what you are and rise to your level of potential. I’ll bet Michelle tells you the same thing.
4). Our veterans are dying daily. They need for you to devote a huge portion of your second term to finding solutions, not just rhetoric. Find someone with passion to run Veteran’s Affairs-Eric Shinseki needs to go. Ask somebody like Ross Perot seemed to be to run it for a dollar a year. Get some FDR mojo on this one.
5). Last suggestion: start succession planning on day 3. Joe Biden cannot and should not be President. Recall that George W. lost the White House for his party because he selected an unelectable vice president. Don’t make the same mistake, or we’ll have Jeb Bush in the White House in 2016. That will be your mortal sin.
