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Change We Can Believe In
Political Animal — Change We Can Believe In From the Washington Post : "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team. A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his ...

Change We Can Believe In
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy From the Washington Post: "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team. A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could ...

Great
Suburban Guerrilla — I can’t tell you how happy I am about this: Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team. A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama ...

Obama to target Bush executive orders in first days
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Barack Obama wants to find ways to make his mark quickly in the opening days of his presidency and reverse the legacy of George W. Bush.  Obama will focus his efforts on the list of executive orders that shaped White House policy, reversing them quickly.  That does not require legislative approval, but it could bring the most contentious issues to the forefront immediately and create more polarization than post-partisanship (via ...

War and Piece — WP : "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team. A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his inauguration. The team is now consulting with ...

Delete this administration?
Upper Left — Please. The WaPo, via Hilzoy... Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.Good start, but only 200?

Hullabaloo — ... is to work to solve the actual problems that the country is facing, not work to satisfy any constituency or ideological wing of the party." I know a lot of people want to hear "progressive mandate" in there, but there is some work to be done with the public in proving that what is pragmatic is progressive, so I'm actually fairly OK with it. It's pretty close to the Wellstonian "politics is about improving people's lives." If progressives want a dog whistle, here it is: Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have ...

Oh, that? I bumped into a door.
Unqualified Offerings — By Thoreau Interesting article about executive orders that might be issued early in an Obama administration.   No mention of ordering detainees transfered to the custody of law enforcement and charged with crimes in courts of law.  No mention of ordering an end to torture.  No mention of ordering the NSA to seek FISA warrants for surveillance of domestic communication. I’m sure that these omissions merely reflect the great care that Obama is giving to these issues, and his determination to explore the matter as thoroughly as possible to make sure he gets it done right before ...

SUNDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... writes at ATTACKERMAN. Obama's transition advisers have compiled a list of policies that could be swiftly undone, The Washington Post reported today, and Hot Air's ...

Obama takes over the reins of the Party of Death
Southern Appeal — ... ) @ 10:17 pm Well, I guess the honeymoon will end rather quickly . I can’t say that I am surprised. We’ll see how Judas Kmiec and his ilk defend Obama’s support of federal funding of ESCR and the repeal of the Mexico City Policy. ...

The Regulatory Difference
Matthew Yglesias — ... There’s been a lot of attention paid, naturally, to what kind of laws a new administration and a new congress might pass — full of thoughts of what can and what can’t get sixty votes in the senate. But of course the president has regulatory authority as well. And some of this is extremely consequential. From yesterday’s Washington Post account of efforts to track and reverse pernicious Bush-era regulatory decisions: ...

President Obama's First Priorities
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... When Barack Obama gets in the White House, what are the first things he'll do? Sunday, the Washington Post put forward some ideas. ...

Hitting Back At Obama Team, Perino Insists Bush Did Not Ban Stem Cell Research
Think Progress — ... On Fox News Sunday yesterday, John Podesta, President-elect Barack Obama’s transition chief, said Obama would move swiftly to overturn a range of executive orders by President Bush, “whether that’s on energy transformation, on improving health care, ...

The Audacity of Hype
Antiwar.com Original — T he Obama bandwagon is moving fast and furious, rolling over the few remaining pockets of dissent even as it prepares to take power. The mainstream media, particularly on television, has lost ...

Obama Report Card
Politics Daily — Filed under: Barack Obama, Healthcare, Obama AdministrationOver at Jack & Jill Politics, Baratunde Thurston sings Obama's praises for lifting the ban on embryonic stem cell reasearch. Let's hear it for the role of science! I know it was a long time ago, but it's worth remember the actions G. W. Bush took within his first months as president. Back in November, we got strong hints that Obama was prepared to put America back on more reasonable footing.And for that, Mr. Thurston gives the President an "A." ...