On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:22 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, at least I'm not the only one looking at the upcoming > administration with a single word question: > > "Change?"
I think that there has already been some substantative change in terms of style and substance. Rules on lobbying during the transition for one. Public comment period for all non-emergency legislation for another. That's the sort of change I really like to see. As for appointments, I suspect that Obama will have a mix of "new" progressives, some people with more establishment experience and some people who are rather conservative for my taste. And that mix is, in fact, change even when it includes people with existing establishment ties. Obama isn't stupid or reckless. An entire cabinet of political neophytes would be stupid and reckless. If everyone who was crying "socialist!" would have paid attention, Obama was being characterized by progressives as thoughtful, measured and largely centrist. Obama's kind of change is articulating goals and ideals and then working towards them. That being said, I'm not particularly pleased about the idea of Secretary of State Clinton. But I'm not likely to agree with any number of Obama's picks and positions. On the whole, I'm hoping he's a major improvement over the last 8 years and lays a solid foundation for reasonable, practical, humane governance. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
