Obama's 2nd Term

Don't get me wrong; I'm not measuring the drapes or anything, but the President's reelection odds are looking a little better than even.  As such, it doesn't hurt to jump back from the horse-race of the election and plan a little for the future.  Since progressive change requires INTENSITY from motivated groups of voters, these are some things that Obama should do and some things that progressives should at least work towards getting on the national radar.

Firstly, the election will definitely be nasty as somewhere between $500M to $1 BILLION in corporate "speech" will be directed against our President via the activist Citizens' United decision.  It doesn't really matter which badly-damaged candidate emerges from the Republican Primary since the smear campaign will be just the same.  Expect a barrage of fact-free corporate propaganda and Culture War bunkum if you live in a competitive state or district.

I say BRING IT!  The more the merrier!  Let them waste their money and stimulate the economy a little.  The economic downturn is being exacerbated by these billionaire types sitting on too much of their money after all.  But after the dust settles, the stage should be set for election reform, or at least a debate about the role of corporate money in politics.  This issue should be hammered home constantly by anybody who thinks corporations shouldn't run everything.