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Simple answers to simple questions
Corrente —
... that Obama's leading candidate for national security advisor is General Jim JonesMR SUBLIMINAL Nope, not going there. Not even me...., and Chris Bowers asks the natural question: ...
Center-Right Nation Update
Firedoglake —
... There just is no debate to have. The Republicans are a hard-right party in a center-left country, which leaves them with two options: They can move left (not happening), or they can have their media friends bray about how America is a center-right nation until Obama and the Democrats move right to join them. I have a sinking feeling that that might actually work...
The Cabinet
Political Animal —
... last night she's "quite impressed" with how the cabinet is shaping up, adding that the team features "some very, very impressive people," and noting that it's reassuring to "have a grownup in charge." I agree with all of this wholeheartedly. The team, at this point, features nothing but capable, competent, and experienced officials. They will, without a doubt, serve the nation well. There are, however, political considerations. Chris Bowers expressed his frustration with the lack of ideological balance. Even after two landslide elections in a row, are our only governing ...
Obama's Foreign Policy: The Case for Pessimism
Antiwar.com Original —
... is a reality when we listen to Jamie Kirchick praise Barack Obama's national security appointments: "Barack Obama isn't even president yet, and he's already angering some of his most devoted followers on the party's left wing. This is the mark of what could be a very successful presidency," he snarks. Kirchick , in his role as Marty Peretz 's alter ego, is pleased as punch with the incoming Obama-ites, who appear to have abandoned their " netroots " early on and ceded the foreign policy realm to the pro-war Clinton wing of ...
11/24: What Kind Of Change Is This?
Blogometer —
Open Left 's Bowers: "Let's say that all of the leading contenders for Obama's national security team end up in his administration. This would give him a core foreign policy team of [VP-elect] Joe Biden , Hillary Clinton, [AZ Gov.] Janet Napolitano , Jim Jones, and Robert Gates. That is, overall, a center-right foreign policy team lacking any clear progressives (at least, foreign policy and national security progressives). All of them, with the possible exception of Jones, supported the Iraq war from the outset. At least two of them, Gates and Napolitano, opposed withdrawing ...
It's Not About People, It's About Policy
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... and Open Left's Chris Bowers recently lamented that Obama's picks for his administration are not coming from the ranks of the progressive movement. (Hayes since has ...
