Max wrote:

> BHO is not running the Gov yet, so I
> don't know how the Poles could make
> such a statement.

It's a way to pressure Obama, shape expectations, etc.  The pundits
have it refined as an art.

Just the other day, Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC was saying (I paraphrase)
that it's going to be interesting to see how Obama is going to deal
with his left flank once it becomes clear that the state of the
economy will not allow him to fulfill such an outlandish promise as
universal health care.

With a different algebraic sign, it's exactly what the extreme Left is
doing on these listservs: vociferously asserting that Obama has a
mandate, set to lead the country -- no stops -- to full communism.
Smart.  So now expect the journalists to assault Obama with hardball
questions such as: "Mr. President Elect: Shouldn't the country start
by distributing the fruits of social labor according to each
individual's supply of labor, before we embark in distribution in
accordance to needs?"  "Isn't it true Mr. President Elect that we need
the social consciousness of Americans to grow a bit further before we
altogether do away with bourgeois right in distributional matters?"
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