I'm reading a lot of uncertainty everywhere about how progressive both the Obama administration and Congress will turn out to be. Many of us are trying to divine what agendas lie behind the curtain based on cabinet appointments and committee chair posts. Isn't this tea leaf-reading a waste of time?
We have little, if any, influence over these decisions (except, possibly, to raise a big, public stink about a totally unacceptable choice). It seems to me that our goal (as several netroots writers have pointed out) should be to figure out how to influence policy once the new Congress and administration are sworn in.
The people who will be taking power are transitioning from election mode to governing mode. So are the wingnuts, by pushing the "center-right nation" meme. What is the online progressive community doing to manage the same transition? What, exactly should we be doing? Is fretting openly about White House staff appointments the best use of our energy? If not, what is?
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