Proud today: President Obama makes us look good again.

I am having the experience today that we have a President we can all be proud of, representing us in London, at the G-20 meeting being held there. He is intelligent, an articulate speaker, a deep thinker and prefers collaboration over demagoguery. This is such a contrast to what we, and the world, experienced under the Bush/Cheney leadership. Just think about this other fact. The protesters are NOT protesting against our President at the G-20 and actually like him. This has been unheard of in the past decade.

It's time to feel good again as an American. Now we all must support this President even though there may be parts of what he wants to do, which we may disagree with. It is time we close ranks as Americans and start a new day. Republicans got the first glimpse of what they have to look forward to, when yesterday the election in the 20th District of NY voted in favor of a Democrat instead of the usual Republican candidate. If Republicans continue to just say No to the President's agenda and budget requests, they will lose everything in the November 2010 elections. I'm tired of them trying to use failed strategies in these new difficult times. It is one of the reasons we are where we are today in the Banking system. Deregulation went rampant under Bush/Cheney. The last election of President Obama should have put their failed approach in the dumpster where it belongs. But don't hope the Republicans will get it as they are more ideologues and they will pursue failed policies to the biter end. Unfortunately we all lose when they do. So let's all help each other rather than just looking out for ourselves. We are stronger when we are together and a team of Americans than when we divide into self serving factions. Yes, I am very proud today and am happy to be able to reflect on the significant changes of the day.