Friday, February 27, 2009
THE AUDACITY OF POLITICS
There has been so much going on in the national news that I can't quite get my arms around it.
We wondered if Obama the "radical" would emerge from Obama the centrist and now we know.
Having laid some pretty good centrist foundations he is, just now, unloading the progressive campaign promises. They are, of course, not radical. Most are necessary.
I think that this has been a great strategy.
Remember Bill Clinton's jump right into health care and the military gay ban? Too much too soon. Hardened positions.
Now we have the basics of good cabinet appointments. Some alignment on old bush policies with terrorists. A compromise on Iraq. The stuff most people would agree on.
Now the budget. Health care. Loads of evolutionary change in the way the government operates.
Those whining liberals should be happy tonight.
Andrew Sullivan has a good piece on this.
The other thing that Obama has been doing is teaching us.
Every speech has been clear and filled with "how it works". Very good.
More foundations for what is to come.
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