Leadership lacking in the US

"I do think that the steps that I talked about to deal with job growth and economic growth right now are vitally important to deficit reduction. Just as deficit reduction is important to grow the economy and to create jobs — well, creating jobs and growing the economy also helps reduce the deficit. If we just increased the growth rate by one percentage point, that would drastically bring down the long-term projections of the deficit, because people are paying more into the coffers and fewer people are drawing unemployment insurance. It makes a huge difference."

For over a half century I voted for Democrats within every
general election and failed to vote in very few Democratic
Primary elections.  I voted for and had high expectations from
Obama.

After almost two years of Obama’s failing to hold to his own
stated positions, In 2010 I lost all hope.  Obama silently
witnessed Democrats’ declining to debate income taxes on the
floors of the U.S. Congress before the 2010 elections.  Last
year I cast my vote for the Green Party’s congressional
candidate.

I’m generally in agreement with almost everything Obama first
proposes but he consistently fails to retain his own
positions.  The Republican Party is able to depend upon Obama
retreating to what he believes to be an expedient position. 
He generally flees to a less advantageous and never to
strategically improved positions.  Cheap card tables are less
consistent than Obama; they sometimes remain erect when
they’re nudged.

I did not vote for Democrats in 2010; I will not vote for
Democrats in 2011; it’s not likely that I’ll vote for
Democrats in 2012.  The Democratic Party may not again find or
retain courage and justify my ever oting for them within my
life’s remaining years.
 
Respectfully, Supposn