> The Presidency is now a poisoned chalice. If Obama wins, as seems likely, an unambiguous majority and gets a decent mandate I'm curious what he'll do with it.
The poor guy is being hailed as if a messiah and no doubt is going to disappoint some by not being able to magic wealth enough to balance budgets and world friendship for the U.S out of thin air. But he could do some momentous things if he has the will and courage. Acting immediately to dismantle the mechanisms of state terror that have been levelled against the U.S citizenry to cowe them from confronting the ruling kleptocracy would be nice. Doing something to bury Hamiltonian concepts of imperial presidents would be nice. Will he, I wonder, want to give up the power grabbed for the executive by Bush? Something I'm pretty sure he won't do is make a point of demonstrating the U.S is a country of laws by actively pursuing and prosecuting accomplices of executive crimes, though it's an nice daydream to have. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
