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Old 11-05-2008, 05:29 AM   #1
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President Barack Obama
Congrats to him. I wish him and his family the best of luck. We'll be watching.
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Old 11-05-2008, 05:34 AM   #2
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Watching for what, exactly?
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:04 AM   #3
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Watching how he conducts the business of the country.
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:13 AM   #4
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Watching how he conducts the business of the country.
Oh. He probably expects that.
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:08 AM   #5
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The next big milestone will be who he surrounds himself with for a staff of advisors and consultants. This will be the most important step of the process. A president is only as good as who he confides in and takes advice from.
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Old 11-05-2008, 07:50 AM   #6
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The next big milestone will be who he surrounds himself with for a staff of advisors and consultants. This will be the most important step of the process. A president is only as good as who he confides in and takes advice from.
Exactly. I wish that nominees for at least a few of those positions were revealed prior to the election, but having said that, I tend toward trusting Obama to fill those spots wisely. It was an important factor in my decision.
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Old 11-05-2008, 09:39 PM   #7
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Exactly. I wish that nominees for at least a few of those positions were revealed prior to the election, but having said that, I tend toward trusting Obama to fill those spots wisely. It was an important factor in my decision.
People generally don't do that because it's embarrassing to be selected by someone who goes on to lose. This is especially true for nominees who could easily work for either candidate.
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Old 11-05-2008, 07:28 AM   #8
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I would imagine that his chief of staff will be the first big one and the rest of the choices should move rather quickly after that.
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Old 11-05-2008, 08:29 AM   #9
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I think there's a decent chance he'll appoint Colin Powell to his cabinet. That would be interesting.
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Old 11-05-2008, 09:01 AM   #10
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I think there's a decent chance he'll appoint Colin Powell to his cabinet. That would be interesting.
I bet he would gladly have him. I seriously doubt he would accept.
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Old 11-05-2008, 11:40 AM   #11
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I heard commentators predicting he'll bring in some key republicans. I do hope so. Like I said in another post, what's needed is a raprochement of some kind between the two sides of the body politic.
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Old 11-05-2008, 12:00 PM   #12
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The transition team is already in Washington, hard at work. They've got a lot of work to do.
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Old 11-05-2008, 12:07 PM   #13
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he should throw Ron Paul into the mix just to spice things up a bit.
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Old 11-05-2008, 12:21 PM   #14
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he should throw Ron Paul into the cement mixer just to spice things up a bit.
fixed that for you
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Old 11-05-2008, 07:59 PM   #15
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I heard commentators predicting he'll bring in some key republicans. I do hope so. Like I said in another post, what's needed is a raprochement of some kind between the two sides of the body politic.
Chris Shays is looking for work. Being in a state like PA that is pretty evenly divided conservative/liberal it seems really weird that New England has 0 Republican representatives.
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