Leaders, liberals and laggards

Herman Cain wrote in TownHall Leaders make things happen. Liberals stop things from happening, and laggards wait to act until someone else acts first. Leaders, liberals, and laggards are all present in our nation’s Capital, where our elected officials are supposed to work on fixing our big issues. Unfortunately, the leaders are way out-numbered.... Being chosen as the Senate or House Minority Leader because you have survived more re-elections than your party colleagues does not make you a leader. We see evidence of this fact daily on the issue of restructuring the Social Security system. Namely, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) consistently attack the idea of optional personal accounts, but offer no alternate solutions.... The Social Security system has been on a path to insolvency for decades. But despite President Bush’s leadership on fixing the problem, the liberal Democrats in Congress have dug in their heels to obstruct any real solutions. They even went so far as to say that if the president takes his solution off the table, they would then come to the table and talk. That’s liberal code for no new ideas, no solutions and nothing new to talk about.... Leaders can lead if liberals and laggards would just get out of the way. But it will not happen without a vocal and persistent public.

Hat tip to SocialSecurityChoice