As a Canadian, I'd like to remind Americans that many of us view your politics as a spectator sport. You guys are high-profile worldwide, and you're just next door to us. Many of us watch you guys pretty closely.
When Obama took office, it was pretty exciting for a number of reasons. For one, it came after the circus of a presidential campaign that we enjoyed very much. Also, many of us were relieved to see Bush leave office and to see a Democrat become president.
But when the health care thing cranked up, many of us became rather confused.
You see, we're old hands at universal health care (we love you,
Tommy). But when you guys started tossing around this plan for insurance schemes or whatever it ended up being, we were all like, "Um, what?" It's universal health care. You're doing it wrong. Where's the single-payer? Where's the public option?
If any of you guys are afraid of the socialist agenda, fear not: no one currently in office knows how socialism works.