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ThinkFast: November 10, 2008
Think Progress —
... Obama is planning to move swiftly to reverse actions that President Bush took using executive authority, including the limits on stem cell research and the expansion of oil and gas drilling. “There’s a lot that the president can do using his executive authority without waiting for Congressional action,” John Podesta, Obama’s transition leader, said. “We need to get off the course that the Bush administration has set.” ...
The Early Word: Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
The Caucus —
... She writes: “Former presidents tend to rise to the occasion, when the call comes from the Oval Office, even if the caller is a former adversary. It is an act of patriotism and perhaps pity, from men who, knowing what the job entails, are uniquely positioned to help.” The Transition Mr. Obama and his aides have been signaling that they are likely to sweep away many of Mr. Bush’s policies early on — John Podesta, the head of the Obama transition effort noted as much on Fox News Sunday when he said : “There’s a lot the president can do using his executive authority ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Don't Drill Democrats Plan Their Don't Drill Strategy
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
Yesterday's announcement that the president-elect would almost certainly use his executive order power to curtail previously authorized drilling on some public lands signals that the Obama Administration will be a friend of rising oil prices. ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Don't Drill Democrats Plan Their Don't Drill Strategy
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Yesterday's announcement that the president-elect would almost certainly use his executive order power to curtail previously authorized drilling on some public lands signals that the Obama Administration will be a friend of rising oil prices. ...
Today in Transition News
The Stump —
... Obama might reverse
Bush policies with executive powers, the NYT reports
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MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... [image] Smart Ideas and a New Contract – Matt Lewis, Townhall [image] Worry, But Be Happy – Paul Mirengoff, DC Examiner [image] The Cult of Personality Continues – Ed Morrissey, Hot Air [image] The Internet Should Kill 2012 Talk – Patrick Ruffini, The Next Right [image] A Non-Ideological Country – Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft [image] My Best Election Map – kos, Daily Kos OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Obama Weighs Quick Undoing of Bush Policy – New York Times Tax Relief a Priority for ...
Obama Team Considering Future of Military Tribunals and Bush Executive Orders
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... The New York Times also reported that members of Obama’s transition team are considering reversing a raft of Bush administration executive orders, such as those limiting stem cell research and expanding drilling for natural resources. ...
Obama not reversing course on intelligence agency policies?
Sister Toldjah —
... He’s already throwing them some meaty bones, if you consider the stories coming about how Obama will likely undo a lot of Bush’s executive orders as they relate to embryonic stem cell research, “global warming,” and funding for international abortions. But these are the “easy” things he can undo with a stroke of a pen. But on foreign policy, so far, the Obama transition team is either being non-committal or in some cases are sending mixed signals, ...
Rahm Emanuel: “Never Allow a Crisis to Go to Waste”
Patterico's Pontifications —
The American people might be thinking that Barack Obama plans big things because our current crisis demands it. Under this view, the crisis is the problem, and big-government action is the solution.
But Obama’s Chief of Staff plans big things because our current crisis provides an opportunity to get it done:
“Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” Mr. Emanuel said in an interview on Sunday. “They are opportunities to do big things.”
Under this view, the need to accomplish ...
Friday Bush Retrospective
Comments from Left Field —
... said,” and that Laura “reminded” him that “as president of the United States, you better be careful what you say.”
On the other hand, quite a few things that should have been said much more often than they were — and acted upon — in Congress and by newspaper editorial boards and media pundits and Supreme Court justices, very much still bear repeating.
Suffice it to say, President-elect Obama has a lot of mess to clean up.
Obama: Tilting at Windmills or Selling Out the Left?
Commondreams.org Views —
... on proposed financial-sector regulations is becoming all too common in the early days of the Obama administration: Although it would strikingly reorganize the regulatory architecture, the president’s plan results from many compromises with industry executives and lawmakers, and is not as bold as some had hoped. It is as if the folks surrounding the president -- and the president himself -- forgot Rahm Emanuel's pre-inauguration comment , essentially the raison d'etre for the Obama administration: “Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” Mr. Emanuel said in an ...
CNBC Goes into 'Crisis' Mode at Height of ObamaCare Debate
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Throughout the day, CNBC continued its "crisis" theme playing into the hands of the White House. That word, "crisis," holds special meaning for the Obama administraiton. On Nov. 9, 2008, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel admitted a "crisis" was the best opportunity to alter public policy. ...
