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BlondeSense — "My administration will value science, " Obama said, in what sounded like a pointed reference to his predecessor. "We will make decisions based on facts." From TPM At the presser, Obama made his "green team" official: Steven Chu, a physics Nobel laureate, is his new energy secretary. Carol Browner, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is the head of a new policy council to coordinate climate, environment and energy issues. And Lisa Jackson, the chief of staff for New Jersey's governor, is head of the EPA.

Pro-science
Political Animal — ... that stood out: "His appointment should send a signal to all that my administration will value science , we will make decisions based on the facts , and we understand that the facts demand bold action." Now, I realize this may sound like the soft bigotry of low expectations, but we've reached a point at which hearing a president praise "science" and "facts" emphatically is so refreshing, and so encouraging, it raises hopes about the new-found importance of reality in government. As Greg Sargent noted , "Obama's lines today will encapsulate for liberals as strongly as ...

A vision for science
Political Animal — ... that it's a testament to Bush's presidency that I get so excited about a new president talking about science is such a progressive way, but I can't help but feel encouraged about this reality-based rhetoric. When Obama introduced Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, the president-elect said, "His appointment should send a signal to all that my administration will value science , we will make decisions based on the facts , and we understand that the facts demand bold action." Greg Sargent noted that the emphasis helped "encapsulate for liberals ... just how big the ...