They'll Need Help

Everyone always likes to focus on what the Presidential nominees say they will do in office. It's great to know what the candidates hope to achieve. Of course then they get in office and they don't achieve those things fast enough or at all and everyone starts calling them liars. They get accused of saying whatever they needed to say to get elected. What people like to ignore is that they can't do it alone.

Yes the President can influence policy. He or She can let it be known the things they would like to see changed or fixed. Things like health care, immigartion reform, social security, education reform, and so on. Again the thing is they can't do it alone.

The Predisent can't just say I want this change or this much money for something and that's that. They need Congress and the Senate to help them. The bills and budgets that achieve the goals they set forth. In short they need Congressmen/Congresswomen and Senators that have similar goals so they can achieve the things they set forth during their campaigns.

Unfortunately sometimes those Congress-people and Senators are more concerned with re-election than the well being of the country and its citizens. They may think (or even know) that something will really help but, they know that their constituents don't know all the facts and won't like them voting for a certain bill. So instead of voting for something that will ultimately be good they vote against it to help keep their job. This is a shame.

So when you go to the polls this November to vote for a new President remember to pay just as much attention (if not more) to the other people you try to send to Washington. Whoever the next President is will need people with similar goals to bring about any real change. We need people who are serious about working together to help the country.

Change is never achieved by just one person.