A Laundry List for Mitt When He Becomes President

The pesky polls be damned.  I'm one who remembers newspapers of the day, back in the 1980 Election, this close to that Presidential election, saying that the contest between Carter and Reagan was 'Too close to call.'  Most of us know how that one turned out.  A Reagan Landslide.  A smaller version of that, is what I see for tomorrow's election.

With that in mind.  This is just a list that I am putting forth, to the, soon-to-be, new President - based on the the way his, soon-to-be, predecessor and those around him behaved and responded to us, the people they worked for:

1. Always be straight with us.  Tell us the truth.  We're adults...we can handle it.

2. Instruct your subordinates to do the same.  And, while you're at it...pick subordinates that don't give us the 'willies', since we are going to have to see them on Sunday talk shows for at least four years.

3. Have a consistent schedule of when you take questions from the press and don't disappear for weeks and months at a time when it may be a bit uncomfortable for you to do so.  A President who's not afraid to take his lumps is a President we will continue to respect.

4.  Ban the use of focus groups, in your White House, in making decisions that affect us. Trial balloons too.  We voted for you because we are willing to take you where you lead us, as long as you consult with us consistently.

5.  We know there's the possibility of a 2nd term so please, please...don't begin campaigning for it, starting the 2nd year of your first term.  We've just been there, done that.  We don't appreciate it, either.

6.  If you're going to have one Czar...Put that person in charge of seeing to all of our returning Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.  Whether they're wounded, physically or mentally...need to find jobs, find themselves homeless and on and on. Whatever the need.  This needs to be a high-visibility/high accountability position and pledge to us that everything that can be done will be done for these brave people and that this will continue throughout your Administration and beyond.

Trust me...this list could go on for days after what we've been through the last four years but...you know where we're coming from and it's a start.  Just trust in us and we'll trust in you.  Govern in a way that, from the richest people in the country to the poorest - feel that they have a President who is working for them.  In doing that...the result will be many more of the aforementioned people in that last sentence and far fewer of the latter. And that can only be good for the rest of us, in the middle...