Julio: By the way, the people you associate with Clinton, because they served under Clinton -- as if that entirely predetermined their future behavior -- are not going to do what Clinton tells them to do -- or would tell them to do if he were Obama. Furthermore, they are not going to be passive agents of Barack Obama either, although they'll owe him a favor and will be under his supervision. Should we consider their baggage? Of course. Things are what they are, and we better ponder them as such. But the baggage is only part of it.
^^^ CB: in all this speculation, we might expect that "all" these people" will be doing what Obama wants them to do. The Presidency is a fairly strict hierarchical institution, not a collection of mavericks. On Juilo's point about the impact of the popular mood and thinking on the Presidency, recall that as is often said here, Richard Nixon was more "liberal "than any Democrats since ( and most of them before him) in many of the policies he executed, e.g. on affirmative action, and his personal history and "baggage" was more right wing than that of any of the Clinton advisors. If there's a movement, these appointees will do what they are told. ^^^^ Julio: His most brilliant tactical move was to effectively bypass the DP apparatus, appeal directly to the motion of masses, and build an organization practically from scratch. ^^^ CB: Yes though a "pre-organized" big element supporting was organized labor. This has serious implications for the likely role the O admin will play in the class struggle of this "moment". ^^^^ Julio: Yes, Obama can turn around and use the power he has amassed against the people who helped him win. Or he can squander that power by being ineffective in pursuing even his own agenda. ^^^ CB: O's "own" agenda is substantially the same as the majority of the people, the Sour Leftists' whining to the contrary notwithstanding. So, no aya contradicion entre O and the People. This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
