8/7/09 to Whitehouse website contact
I'm concerned about what's transpiring around Health Care Reform. It's becoming a mob environment and it's not healthy. Debate and information sharing is healthy. Don't just blame the right, because that sounds like you're saying it's not real. Maybe it's not completely genuine, but believe me it's real. And I'm concerned that you, Mr Obama, are losing your mojo. I'm asking you to regroup now and remember how you got to the Presidency. If there's a time you'd like to get back to campaigning, I would say it's now, RIGHT NOW! Let's take a look back and rediscover how you won the American heart. First, Bush was a miserable failure, and then you shared a message with Americans. You reached out in a grassroots effort to get into the lives of Americans, to meet them in their homes, streets, schools, churches, text messaging,... You and they seemed to simultaneously discover that government didn't have to separate. Note well, the miracle for many was that discovery and that we seemed to go through it together, you and us. Let's do that again (and again and again).

Health Care Reform isn't reaching the people. It's not a process that we're discovering together. We're divided and it's getting worst and I know that's not what you want.

Let's do something really crazy. Let's put the HCR to a vote. No, not a Congressional vote, an American popular vote. I know. It's risky at best, but if it's voted down then you'll have to run another campaign, and maybe another before it's passed by the people. Can you imagine the impact of that? Can you imagine just how empowered Americans will feel. Can you imagine how creative your folks will have to be as they once again put on their campaign shoes like they mean it!