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Hildebrand's advice
Political Animal — ... party activists to focus on Obama's progressive policy agenda. "A real win for the left is when their ideas become the mainstream and ridiculous conservative ideas become the fringe," Fernholz argues. "Hildebrand seems to be writing to defened that conception, and not to attack on liberals." At this point, I'm not sure what to think. As far as I can tell, Hildebrand's goal was to effectively tell the left, "Don't worry so much about these cabinet slots; Obama's going to deliver." And like Atrios , I'll be quite pleased if Obama's team convinces people that Obama is "a sensible ...

I Approve of Obama, He Does Not Approve of Me
Open Left - Front Page — ... as a disembodied group of irresponsible children, in fact I approve of Obama's administration so far.  I don't agree with his political methods, but so what?  Here's Atrios: ...

It's easy if you try
The Sideshow — ... , but Atrios still thinks there's a possibility that this is all in aid of doing what needs doing: "For years we've had Democrats railing against those crazy hippies as an excuse to not do all of those things. If Obama's people are going to rail against the hippies and use it as an excuse to do them, fine with me. If." (But all three of us agree about ...

"Magic ponies"
Corrente — Heh. Just saying. Read more…

12/9: Scandalous!
Blogometer — ... a time for the left to draw conclusions will, to most people on the left, sound a lot like 'the left shouldn't criticize Democrats during election season.' To be told, again, when the election is over that it still isn't time for the left to criticize Democrats kind of sounds like there is never an appropriate time for the left to criticize Democrats. It sends a clear implication that left-wing viewpoints are simply never welcome." HILDEBRAND III: Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another? Atrios has a high tolerance for verbal abuse directed at liberals, as long as Obama follows ...

Framing the economic rescue package
Political Animal — ... " focused on energy independence, infrastructure investments, improvements to the health care system, and a renewed emphasis on improving public schools. The not-so-subtle goal, it seems, is to present a liberal agenda as the obvious, consensus approach on which everyone can agree. It reminded me of something Atrios said about a month ago, when he mentioned how satisfied he'd be if Obama's team convinces people that Obama is "a sensible centrist who wants to do sensible centrist things like build SUPERTRAINS, get out of Iraq, not torture people or invade random countries, ...