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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
I agree with the first part.
I think one of the biggest things working in Obama's favor is that he hasn't been in Washington very long, and by virtue of that alone hasn't been sucked into that whole power and corruption game.
He's also not married to the Clinton administration and doesn't have to defend their policies or carry around their baggage either.
He's in a unique position to fix alot of problems because nobody can blame him for causing them, or working for the people who caused them, or whatever.
I also think he's moving at a quick pace because he can. Like Rahm Emanuel said, you don't want to let a crisis go to waste.
If you slow down and allow bills to die in committee or let things get picked apart on the Sunday shows for months on end, to where you drown in the minutiae, you'll never get anything done. He knows he'll never have more influence over congress and with the American people than right now, so props to him for aiming high and not settling for this incremental change-without-changing bullshit that we usually get out of Washington.
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While he isn't married to the Clintons about 40% of his staff is made up of people that worked for the Clinton administration in some capacity so he is still connected to them in a way. I don't know that he is free of the corruption that comes with Washington. I have said for a long time anyone who is in a legit position to win the white house owes that to someone or something. I'm not saying he is in someone's pocket, but there are people that helped him get where he is right now and they want something in return. What that is I have no idea.
One thing is for sure. He does get the opportunity to come in with a pretty clean slate. The republicans are taking the brunt of the blame for the troubles this country is facing so he can come in and do what he wants without having the albatross of the failed previous administration on his back. He is spending money as fast as we can print it, I just hope he has some kind of plan on how to pay all this back. I don't want to have to go get my "Speaking Chinese for Dummies" book just yet.