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Lead. Don't follow.

9/30/2013

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Lines in the sand. Win/lose elections. Win the battle for the lead in the story. Point a finger. Who’s to blame?

Those are the big questions of the day in D.C. Not how to solve the logjam over the budget and the debt ceiling. Well, let’s take it as a straight political problem. On one hand, you have House Republicans saying, this is our budget and
you have to get rid of Obamacare to get it. On other hand, the Democrats in the Senate say, “dead on arrival.” So does the White House.

Here’s where we want to see Tip O’Neill enter stage left and Bob Dole enter stage right. Their ilk tried to do what's best for the country. But Mr. O’Neill is gone. And Mr. Dole is 90 years old and even though in the Senate that qualifies you for a leadership post, he probably isn’t going to help.

What would I do? If I were the president, I’d call John Boehner and say, “Come down to the White House. Don’t tell anyone. We’ll meet. You and me. Alone. We are two of the brightest political minds in the country. We can figure out a way out of this mess.” And then do it. It is a political problem, not a budget problem.

Naïve? Maybe. But I’ve never been accused of being the “glass-half-full-guy.”Ask anyone. But I get into discussion with co-workers and friends and we hit a wall. We can’t agree. Why? Because it gets into this:  

 "Boehner has no guts.”

 “Oh yea, well Obama shows no leadership.”

 “Oh yea, well, the President made a Grand Bargain with Boehner and he reneged.” 
 
“Oh  yea, well, the Democrats screwed Reagan on this three decades ago.” 
 
People, really? That’s what political discourse has devolved into in this country? Break the logjam. Take a stand. Lead. Don't follow.

1 Comment
Barton
10/16/2013 05:51:46 am

Mr Cooper, let's see a communications person has insufficient experience and knowledge to recognize that unlimited spending leads all abusers to a disasterous end. IF hte U.S. government can lead the world into depression (which it can't) it is clearly to large. Without the tea party the knuckleheads on boths sides of the aisle will let, the Kenyan bafoon run us into the ground. Ronald Reagan would have been able to corral the republicans and win on these issues. The problem is not the tea party it is the lame idiots who keep putting up poor republican candidates. Before you spout off, get to know your economics.

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    B. Jay Cooper

    B. Jay is a former deputy White House press secretary to Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also headed the communications offices at the Republican National Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Yale University. He is a former reporter and is the retired deputy managing director of APCO Worldwide's Washington, D.C., office.
    He is the father of three daughters and grandfather of five boys and one girl. He lives in Marion, Mass.

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