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...What?" by Joe Klein [Feb. 1]: President Obama spent a year working within the system to bring change. Wrong choice. Special interests gutted the reform out of the health care, banking and climate-and-energy bills, showing that congressional Democrats are as susceptible to the influence of money as Republicans. The President now understands. After the Massachusetts election, he went over the heads of the system to ask for help in getting action on banking reform. Now it's us vs. Wall Street in a fight to win over our Representatives...
...Klein is as guilty of "Beltway blindness" as every other pundit opining about Obama's first year. To say Obama needs to show the people he gets their problems, as if we didn't think he does, is simplistic. Why do you think the majority of us still like him? He respects our intelligence and seems to understand that we appreciate the enormousness of the challenge he faces...
...Klein explained that the workshops take advantage of the decentralized nature of the shelter’s main common space, with Advocate members typically joining shelter residents at more intimate tables rather than lecturing from afar...
Although loosely organized around a consideration of literary genres, the workshops have morphed into a space for residents of the shelter to share their histories and experiences with members, according to Klein...
...lectures are about giving a platform for people who don’t always have an opportunity to share their personal stories,” Klein explained, noting how the program has heightened the awareness of how and why we tell stories for both shelter residents and Advocate volunteers alike...