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President Obama has only been in office seven months. In my opinion he has accomplished or set in motion an amazing amount of work directed towards the most acute needs of our country in spite of the unmitigated disaster he inherited from eight years of Bush politics.

He is brave enough to tackle the most complicated and urgent problem our society faces right now-healthcare. He is doing it in a thoughtful and collaborative manner. Shame on the Republicans who would rather use the problem as a way to "kill" him politically than pitch in and work an issue that everybody agrees needs to be solved and that needs the collective wisdom and good will of all of us.

Is Obama perfect? No. But he is working as hard as he can to do the right things and we should all help him!

Thank you for the opportunit to "say" my piece!

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I'm so sorry to have missed this program. I worked as a union staff representative for thirteen years. Then I was recruited to a management labor relations position and have done that for the last ten years. I have performed chief spokesperson responsibilities for both sides of the table in public and private sector bargaining in healthcare institutions. I hope if you do a related program in the future I might be able to contribute from experience which may be somewhat unique.

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