Barack: "Do Not Go Gentle"

Too much image making and not enough job making describes both parties, their contenders and pretenders. Republicans politics consists of partial truths and twisted math. Their agenda: 1) routing the President from the field, for reasons still unstated, undebated, denied and shapedshifted with exasperated rolled eyes aimed at anyone who dare suggest this denial affirms plain truth: the only reason to unelect a President who gives your party 98% of what your party wants, who offered $10 trillion in cuts fron the social contract is because he's ______ (Wink. You know.)

The GOP wants the resonance of that space empty. A sad legacy for the party with the noble traditions of Lincoln.

The attitude about the President's vacation is mirrored in an old South joke:

The mule and the plow person work in draining heat. "Boss, the mule needs a break." "Give him rest; you keep on working."

Criticism of the President is devoid of human values. The shadow they describe arises from the impaled fury of its source.

2) While the side show has center stage, the central political act is advancing rapidly with little notice. Every word, speech, shaken hand, script, smile, lie, indignation, legislative act, and budget redistributes wealth upward. Republicans, including Paul Ryan, oppose continuing pay roll tax cuts for workers and the middle class. And how much will it cost to travel when Ohio sells a 99 year lease on its turnpike? Want to teach? In Texas, you can buy a non-unversity package of certifying courses for under $7,000.

If the President grasps the seriousness of the struggle and abandons shared governance and realizes his true targets are at the other end of the street and unleashes the instincts and planning he so successfully deployed in other theaters, his cool will serve his fierceness. Now is not the time to be gentle or build images. No compromise: unite the house.