Mr. Obama, you maybe doing this already but I just would like to politely suggest the following on your speeches:
Use your "experience, roll the dice, false hope". Please use HRC experience against her & also using the boil/stew metaphor.
I think we need to put more emphasis on her experience. We need to remind voters that she is an washington insider.
Once the audience is all "fire up/ ready to go" talk about specific issues that you intend to accomplish. This give the audience a sense of substance of the "fired up/ ready to go & their hope".
I truly look forward in calling you Mr. President.
To our future president Barack Obama... several things
hands in pocket--I noticed you in NH walking the streets with your hands in the pocket. I know it must be freezing cold there but the impression with your hands in your pocket gives is you do not welcome people to greet you, you are closed, not interested, cocky, not approachable.
shaking hands --- i saw a clip you shaking hands with people in the plane, and the other hand was in your pocket, for me it sends a wrong message. the message that people get is you are, too confident, not interested in them, in hurry to shake the next hand,
your record -- i just saw a clip of your records in abc news about mandatory sentences. The HC camp is already doing their negative campaign. But voters view records as facts. I can only hope you'll be able to answer these tough criticism the way you answered roll the dice arguement.
Best of luck,
Alex
Please let us not forget that our friends in New Hampshire are very independent. Please do not use IOWA as a case for NH to vote for our candidate. NH friends need to convinced that they are equally part of our cause if not more important. NH friends have their different struggles not the same as Iowans.
To our future President Obama, please make the case with our friends in NH.
Most people saw your speech at IOWA, please make alterations of your speech.. Im watching your speech in Concord, NH .. you do not sound convincing... You seem to hurrying.. take your time... connect. Please do better in NH. So far Concord is not as good.
alex
The voters doesn't want to hear a lot about electability, they want to hear what you can do for them. You have shown the way. Spending too much time on electability sounds like you are being defensive and not personal about your candidacy. Close this by showing what you are and what you can do for this country... and people will follow. I believe you can create unity in this country big enough to get the votes to topple the insurance company and lobbyist. We believe in you.
Keep up the good work.
To the supporters of our future President Mr. Obama, the Clinton smear campaign is trying to imply that voting for Obama is a risk like George Bush.
Please spread this word... it is such a disgrace that the Clintons would go to that comparison. Most if not all of George's mistake is foresight or lack thereof. How about Senator Clinton's? She voted to the war in Iraq.
I truly believe it is not how long you had experience in politics but what you did in life and as a politician is what should be calculated.
Clearly, Future President Mr. Obama can create a bridge to the republicans. There are many republicans who were his former collegues at Illinois that attest to "him reaching out and able to achieve". It is just so hard to imagine Senator Clinton can achieve such unity. There is this hatred from the other side for the Clintons.
Please guys... let us continue supporting our future President Mr. Obama.
Mr. Future President... I would just suggest to answer more forcefully the risk theory the Clintons are floating around. Your followers want to hear more power and strength in your answer. I suggest just a little more.. You know not too much force.. I look forward to voting in my Nevada caucuses..
Good luck..
I just saw a debate between the strategist of our future President Mr. Obama and the strategist for Senator Clinton.
I tell you, our strategist needs be a LOT MORE SHARPER than that. The way his answers came out sounded like he was in the defensive or someone who is not sure. Well I think it's his style... frankly we need to change to a more Confident sounding man especially when you're debating on national television.
Please pass this on.. I have to admit Mr. Obama needs to be more crisp also at times on his answers. Many of us have seen him speak, he goes" mmm mm, mm, mm.. " those pausing moments... that needs to improve.
By DAVID PITT, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago
Democratic hopeful Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) Friday said that if elected president he will end government subsidies to insurance companies that sell private Medicare plans using deceptive or illegal means.
Standing on a shuffleboard court at a senior citizen center, the Illinois senator said Medicare's private plan alternative, Medicare Advantage, was designed to increase competition and reduce costs.
However, Obama said that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, an independent group that advises Congress, recently reported that the government pays an average of 12 percent more to private Medicare plans than it costs to treat comparable beneficiaries through traditional Medicare.
The subsidies cost as much as $15 billion a year, he said. Cutting that would provide $150 billion over 10 years to strengthen Medicare and lower prescription drug prices, he said.
"We don't do that because we are not setting the agenda in Washington — insurance companies and drug companies are. That's what people want to turn the page on," he said to loud applause from the crowd of about 100 invited seniors. "We want a system that's fair and sensible to everyone."
In some cases the plans increase co-payments or reduce health care choices, he said.
"We shouldn't be rewarding the insurance industry for deceiving and defrauding our seniors. We should be doing everything we can to stop them," he said.
The issue hit home for Dorothy Weathers, 78, of Des Moines, who said she will support Obama.
She said insurance companies selling the Medicare plans "pounced in on us at the centers like vultures."
"A lot of us are worse off than we were before. I know I am," she said. "We can't afford it."
This shows his intellect specifically on his goal to have universal health insurance. Mr. Obama is really trying to look for answers. You can tell a lot about a person with the type of questions he asks. Below will show that. Mr. Obama is strategically smart. We AMERICA need him desparately. The way he communicates or conversates is just very disarming even those he disagrees with him. I believe he solve many diplomatic issues. Back to the issue at hand, insurance. Please see below
Ontario, CA (AHN) - Analysts of the nation's healthcare system say long-term care is the crisis of the 21st century and 3 out of 5 people will need it, while 2 out of 5 will require nursing home facilities.
According to Frank N. Darras, widely regarded as one the nation's leading disability and long term care insurance lawyers, the number of Long Term Care policyholders has increased 21 percent annually and now there are approximately six million LTC policies in the United States.
"Barack Obama has it right, and it is encouraging to see a presidential candidate focusing on truly helping hard working senior Americans. His call for an investigation into the fraud that is running rampant in the long-term care business is a step in the right direction," says Darras.
Obama recently released a statement saying, "we're going to end it because it's about time Washington stood up to insurance companies so that families and seniors across the country can get the care they deserve."
Following a report in the New York Times outlining the number of Long-Term care policies being undersold and under-priced. Obama wrote an open letter on March 29 to the head of the Government Accountability Office calling for an investigation into the high number of claims being denied, and practices that make it "difficult - if not impossible - for policyholders to get paid."
A portion of the Obama letter reads:
"First, I am concerned about the possible arbitrary denial of insurance benefits to seniors at their time of need. Second, I am concerned that some insurers may be enticing individuals to buy policies by offering low premiums, and then sharply increasing premiums if lapse rates are not as high as assumed in the premium calculations. Third, a substantial percentage of policies do not offer inflation adjustments, resulting in a significant erosion of purchasing power in later years.
Even worse, some companies offer "inflation coverage" which allows policyholders to purchase additional coverage at a later date, but at the price charged older purchasers. Premiums increase dramatically by age, and individuals who elect to buy coverage later may not realize that such coverage will be extremely expensive, which may be financially infeasible.
Some of the industry's practices Obama directly asked the GAO to investigate are listed below:
-- Rate of denial of claims, and as feasible, the extent to which denials were justifiable;
-- Types of policies purchased, including the percentage of policies that do adjust and do not adjust for inflation and those that allow for purchase of additional coverage at a later date;
-- Estimated loss of purchasing power for those individuals that have policies without inflation adjustment provisions;
-- Frequency and amount of premium increases in already purchased policies, average lapse rates of policyholders, and the correlation between premium increases and lapse rates;
-- Extent to which long-term care policies are marketed to individuals that would likely qualify for Medicaid or may not have substantial assets to protect; and
-- What, if any, additional federal regulation is needed
it is refreshing to see the number of people actually donating for our future president. Everybody has a theory on how to change this country but not many people can be as direct and engaging as Mr. Obama. About a week ago, I kept hearing the same thing from Senator Obama & this was the time when he was being questioned on his substance. As I look at the videos, I am getting the idea that he has substance. He has the ability to connect and explain to people how things work, like healthcare policy. Because of that I will donate again. I admit my donations are not much at all. I hope those people who donated in the past who questioned his substance can have additional money to donate. Let's keep the numbers growing. I have been wanting to attend Senator Obama's events here in Vegas but something comes up. I will attend in the future!!
