FINANCIAL CRISIS: "ALL HANDS ON DECK"

For decades, the public masses have cried for 'more accountability in Washington'; yet, when the crisis of the era arises, as with the financial meltdown, McCain's rally cry of , "all hands on deck", is being derided as a political ploy.

It would seem that going to Washington, to take care of or participate in the Senatorial duties of his lifetime, is now the questionable show of public duty dedication vs political strategies for his presidential race.

Not only does Obama not feel it necessary to be in Washington to tend to Senate matters, as a representative of the state of Illinois, he is making sure Senator McCain's response to Senatorial call to duty is mocked, second guessed and criticized.

Not only does this opportunity of addressing the crisis stand as a single most profound opportunity for CHANGE, in action, as the US Congress addresses President Bush's demands for expediency, and ominous fear mongering, it stuns me that Obama is not wanting to, nor taking advantage of this once in a lifetime solution process.

I keep asking the question, if Obama cannot do the work required of the US Senator, however mundane or tedious, nor sit and even observe the work of others as a learning venue for a Junior Senator, or find the discipline to chair a meeting of his Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, how will he tolerate the stress of the never ending demands on a President. ?

The answer I keep getting from people who have full faith and trust in Obama's abilities, has consistently been, "Obama wants to change the nation and he will do it".

Perhaps they are correct, but no matter how magical a person may be, unless pencil is applied to paper, and unless the person is in his seat when the demand is drawn, the American masses are charged with holding the President accountable, and to date, the Obama followers are remiss in their show of trust worthiness on this matter.