"We Can't Wait"

 It seems to me Obama just loves coming up with new catch phrases to excite the voters. Does it work or doesn't it?

In 2008, President Obama used the idea of “Change” as a slogan to get people excited to vote for him. It seemed to work. So many people wanted a change from Bush and Republicans all together. Obama was the fresh new face and he symbolized change.

But now, many people think he hasn’t done enough to “change” America and turn everything around. That slogan seems to have come back to bite him. Although he has done some things, America is still in economic troubles and the unemployment rate remains at around 9%. Has enough changed? Recently announcing he is taking the troops out of Iraq by the end of the year may be a positive change people want, but is it enough? With the message of Occupy Wall Street echoing across the United States there is obviously more change that people want done that Obama has just not done.

So now he needs a new slogan.

Recently he has used the slogan, “Pass this Bill”, referring to his jobs bill. The jobs bill is not getting passed and most likely will not get passed. There is too much opposition from the republicans. He is attempting the “change” he promised in 2008 but now using a new slogan to emphasize this.

Although there is support for much of the jobs bill, republicans will not go for increasing taxes for the rich and the ideas that Obama had with the Buffet Rule. The problem with the “change” that Obama wanted is not that Obama is not trying to change the current economic status of the United States or increase state aid for teachers and emergency responders to stay at work, just simply having the idea of the plan will not change anything. He needs the approval of both the republicans and the democrats and at the moment the congress is majority republican. Am I blaming the republicans, no but how can we change something if nothing will get passed.

Now that Obama’s slogan “Pass this Bill” did not seem to work, he has a new slogan, “we can’t wait”.

Every slogan he has, seems to have the same idea behind it; change, but in different words. His new slogan is still about his jobs but it is emphasizing the fact that “we can’t wait for law makers to act”. This slogan is to get people, namely republicans, to see that the jobs bill is a necessary change and is needed to reshape America.

Will it work? Will the republicans succumb to his cleaver use of words and “Pass this Bill”?

Most likely not, but we will just have to wait and see. And continue to chant “Pass this Bill” until a “change” comes.