I'm beginning to think that Obama really will bring us a new government experience, just looking at how quickly he is getting it organized and how he is establishing himself without either buying into or superseding the administration Bush will have for the next 70 or so days. On the day he is sworn in, watch for a fast realignment of policy... my guess is that a lot of executive orders will be revised or overturned in the first forty-eight hours.
On the TV news programs today I saw Rahm Emanuel and John Podesta, each who made it clear that Obama has a transfer program in play (Podesta said they really began last August) that should be ready to run immediately.
While at least two panels of Republicans on various Fox shows today tried to show that there was No Mandate, despite the number of votes and number of states, and that we are still a Center-Right country. I got to see at least two other panels of Democrats saying how we were now a Center-Left country.
I'd like to think we could get off the left and right crap and just fix the mess we're in.
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