What do you think of Obama's plan?

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to lift the embargo off Cuba, and his plan to meet with the new President without pre-conditions.

Tom Casey, deputy spokesman at the State Department, expressed hope for change in Cuba, but said the U.S. remains skeptical.

"We would hope that the departure from the scene of Cuba's long-ruling dictator Fidel Castro would allow for a democratic transition. ... We would hope that his departure would begin this transition," Casey told reporters.

But he added that the United States is troubled by signs that Cuba's leadership envisions this as a "transfer of authority and power from dictator to dictator light—from Fidel to Raul."

Still, he said the Bush administration remains willing to help support the Cuban people in a true transition to democracy.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Miami-area Republican who was born in Havana, said Castro's resignation was irrelevant because his regime had already "done great harm to the suffering Cuban people."

"It matters nothing at all whether Fidel, Raul or any other thug is named head of anything in Cuba," she said. "What the people want is freedom to vote in multiparty elections that are internationally supervised and freedom to express their dissent from the oppressive regime. The Communist machinery is enslaving them so it doesn't matter who the thug of the moment will be."

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., who is of Cuban descent, said Castro's resignation "is not the cause for celebration that some would believe."

"This does not represent the replacement of totalitarianism with democracy. Instead, it is the replacement of one dictator with another," he said in a statement.

topink · Accepted Answer

I think we should lift the embargo.  Cubns who live here now can only (legally) visit their families in Cuba once every 3 years.  And as an American, I think I should be allowed to visit Cuba if I feel like it.  Why restrict my freedom in any way?  We deal with China, which is not exactly a democracy, so why not lift the embargo with Cuba?  And if Obama wants to talk with Cuba's new leader, they are a very close neighbor, so opening the communications and acknowledging that neither party is out to destroy the other would be a good step.  The embargo has hurt the Cuban people more than it's hurt Castro, which is what it was inteneded to do.

Anonymous · Answer

Utimately his "Actions speak louder than his Words" Now do your Homework.
 From the Library of Congress:
Hillary Clinton in her one full term(6 yrs.) and another year campaigning, has authored and passed only 20 pieces of legislation in her term of six years into law. They range from naming a courthouse after Thurgood Marshall to naming a Post Office after Jonn A. O'Shea.
Obama in his first 8 Months sponsored over 820 Bills.
Introduced 233 Bills on Healthcare Reform,
125 Bills on Poverty and Public Assistance,
112 Bills on Crime Fighting,
97 Economic Bills,
60 Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bills,
21 Ethics Reform Bills,
6 Veterans Affairs Bills and many others. 
In his First Year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 Bills and co-spomsored another 427. These Include: 1) the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 that became Law, 2) the Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-prliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act that became Law, 3) the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act that passed the Senate, 4) the 2007 Government Ethics Bill that became Law, just to name a few.  
In all, since he entered the Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 Bills and co-sponsored another 1096. I'd say he is a hard worker.

HockeyFan · Answer

Obama has never initiated any legislature. He may have followed someone elses lead. He TALKS a game plan..........

Frank · Answer

Is it just me, or is there nothing about Obama in this article?

Please give us his "plan" then we can talk about it.

julio_slsc · Answer

B-Obama plagerized Jimmy Carter's plan and it will fail us in foreign policy and economy.

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