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Move On Up
tnr.com - 12/30/2008
Move On Up
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Political Animal:  Just give us the bike

neo-neocon:  Anticipation: waiting for Obama

Daily Pundit:  The Lightbringer Should Have Moved In On November Sixth?

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Just give us the bike
Political Animal — ... knew it was a bike. It's shaped like a bike; what else could it be? But they wouldn't let you open it until Christmas. I guess what I'm saying is, just give us the bike ." There are plenty of major democracies -- England comes to mind -- that forgo lengthy transition processes. A head of state wins, and almost immediately, takes office. Forget that lame-duck phase -- voters pick a candidate and then get a leader. How'd we end up with an 11-week transition? Christopher Smith has a piece in The New Republic today, arguing that we shouldn't have to wait so long for the ...

Anticipation: waiting for Obama
neo-neocon — Journalist Chris Smith is impatient for Obama to take office. He’s sick of that long countdown to Bush’s final day as President, even though the numbers have now become so small, and the clear and brilliant light can be viewed at the end of that long dark tunnel. In this, Smith probably has a lot of company. Smith’s remedy? Move the date of Obama’s office-taking forward. Time for preparation? Obama don’t need no steenking preparation—or at least he’s had enough time for it already. And what does ...

The Lightbringer Should Have Moved In On November Sixth?
Daily Pundit — Move On Up In which some TNR writer squalls for the liberals’ idea of instant political gratification. If McCain had won, I doubt he’d be clamoring for the same thing.

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