seattletimes.nwsource.com - 12/1/2008
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Judging by the proliferation of capital letters in the e-mail correspondence I receive, many seem worried that Barack Obama may not deliver the promised "change we can believe in." After voters rejected the mantra of free trade and deregulation, some contacting me say they are upset about Obama ...
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More Politics Meets Reality
Sound Politics —
More Politics Meets Reality David Sirota - the man who single-handedly makes me infinitely less interested in reading the Seattle Times's now shrunken Monday editorial page - discusses the lament of his fellow progressives that Barack Obama isn't the great beacon on change of which they had convinced themselves. Pity that. Sirota's encouragements to his fellow left-of-center ideologues aside, Obama really never stood for all that much in hard policy on the campaign trail. And super-ambitious people have a habit of adapting quickly to the current lay of the political land ...
Our Dear Leader
Open Left - Front Page —
Lots of folks are expressing concern over Barack Obama's appointments, and in my new newspaper column I offer three separate thoughts on the worries: 1) Don't worry so much, 2) Worry a little bit and make your worries heard and 3) What did you expect? ...
David Sirota: Our Dear Leader
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Lots of folks are expressing concern over Barack Obama's appointments, and in my new newspaper column I offer three separate thoughts on the worries: 1) Don't worry so much, 2) Worry a little bit and make your worries heard and 3) What did you expect? ...
The Middle Way
The Mahablog —
... Administration. This is not just to remind Obama of what we expect from him. The Right Blogosphere has been little more than cheerleaders and water-carriers for the GOP, and as a result they have no influence in the party at all.
My goal from the beginning was not to elect Democrats but to restore progressivism to America’s governing process. Electing Democrats is a means, not an end. We all need to remind ourselves of that from time to time.
I also agree with David Sirota –
I counsel not fretting too much yet. While there is ...
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