What would it take?

[mooby]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Solid speech. Short on details - big on aspirations. Loved the "I'm not here to represent the world. I'm here to represent the US." (or something like that).

Also, liked the focus on economic goals as opposed to social issues. If he gets off twitter, and pulls off a few more of these speeches - throw in a rally or two for the faithful - the Dems are going to have some real problems in the next election (mid-term) where they have 23 incumbents up for reelection versus only nine for the Republicans - plus two independents who caucus with the Dems.

Someone said to me, "If he fixes healthcare so that costs are controlled and basically retains coverage for the at-risk folks, he will get four more years."

I think the speech was the first step down that road. Still, lots of promises, and for me, I am not seeing how the math is going to work. New infrastructure, more defense spending, fixes to healthcare - lots of new money being spent. Just wondering where it's supposed to come from b/c, apparently, everyone is getting a tax cut.

Speeches like this should be aspirational and outline big picture plans. However, the devil is always in the details.

This is a big question for me as well, the numbers aren't adding up. Maybe he's just gonna tax imports so heavily that the budget will go up. Who cares if you make a few enemies in the process, he doesn't care about non-Americans anyways.