Obama faces choices among special interests

He has reached out to business groups and conservatives but is finding that talking about bridges is easier than building them. Democrats are nervous and Republicans remain wary. > As he prepares to take the oath of office today, President-elect Barack Obama emerges from his transition period having undertaken a formidable campaign to cultivate adversaries in the Republican Party and the broader conservative movement, calling a large number of GOP lawmakers and signaling to industry lobbyists that they will have a voice in the next White House. (link)