PowerPlay Presidency
Yes, I'm addicted to hockey.
And yes, the San jose Sharks are the best team currently in the NHL.
But this isn't about hockey, though it really should be. This isn't about sports. This is about momentum.
I really like the way this presidency is going. Not just because of who's now sitting at the White House Oval Office. Or how the economy does in the near future.
Obama ordered a halt to all proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, making good on his campaign promises against torture. He also froze the wages of senior WH officials, showing a real commitment to get to the bottom of the economic crisis. He's got a top-notch team, and guess what? He's neither too arrogant nor too dumb to NOT listen and critically evaluate everything that these people have to say.
In that ridiculous Gergen book Eyewitness to Power, he makes a big deal about the first 100 days. As much as I can't stand the book as a love-song to Richard Nixon, it makes really great points about the Big-Mo. Obama's got the first real chance the Dems have had in a VERY, VERY long time to make change. Yeah, yeah, it's only been 8 (very very long, seemingly endless) years since Clinton, but Clinton didn't have a supportive, soundly Democratic Congress during all 8 years of his presidency. Clinton, as smooth and suave as he was/is, didn't have Obama's ROCKSTAR status. I really wouldn't be surprised if, in a few years, the "Chuck Norris" jokes give way to "Barack Obama" jokes.
Barack Obama is so bad-ass, he go turn the U.S. back on the right track.
And that's what last-minute OT Power Plays are for. It's about damn time, America.
And yes, the San jose Sharks are the best team currently in the NHL.
But this isn't about hockey, though it really should be. This isn't about sports. This is about momentum.
I really like the way this presidency is going. Not just because of who's now sitting at the White House Oval Office. Or how the economy does in the near future.
Obama ordered a halt to all proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, making good on his campaign promises against torture. He also froze the wages of senior WH officials, showing a real commitment to get to the bottom of the economic crisis. He's got a top-notch team, and guess what? He's neither too arrogant nor too dumb to NOT listen and critically evaluate everything that these people have to say.
In that ridiculous Gergen book Eyewitness to Power, he makes a big deal about the first 100 days. As much as I can't stand the book as a love-song to Richard Nixon, it makes really great points about the Big-Mo. Obama's got the first real chance the Dems have had in a VERY, VERY long time to make change. Yeah, yeah, it's only been 8 (very very long, seemingly endless) years since Clinton, but Clinton didn't have a supportive, soundly Democratic Congress during all 8 years of his presidency. Clinton, as smooth and suave as he was/is, didn't have Obama's ROCKSTAR status. I really wouldn't be surprised if, in a few years, the "Chuck Norris" jokes give way to "Barack Obama" jokes.
Barack Obama is so bad-ass, he go turn the U.S. back on the right track.
And that's what last-minute OT Power Plays are for. It's about damn time, America.
posted by christie at 12:32 PM
1 Comments:
Too bad nabby isn't on the cabinet. I think he would be good as Secretary of Defense.
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