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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:15 PM
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Instant reaction to long-term strategists leads to needless angst
I haven't agreed with all that President Obama has done in the transition and his short tenure. I think the Daschle et al screw-ups have hurt our momentum. That said, I see an awful lot of hand-wringing on this board that is way premature. Obama is 4 steps ahead of his Republican opponents and at least 3 steps ahead of his Democratic allies. He is moving the stimulus package forward in a way that it will pass and leave the GOP isolated and seriously weakened.
This is being done at the same time that he has fielded an astute, effective foreign policy team and changed the face that America shows to the world.
Obama and his team demonstrated in the campaign the ability to weather momentary storms and set backs.They have a similar long view of how to move America to a more progressive, benign force in the world. I have total confidence in their ultimate success. I hope that when all of my lefty colleagues watch the Senate pass the stimulus bill, they climb down off the ledge long enough to celebrate Obama's ability to get things done for America.
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:24 PM
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1. Assume you meant to write "long-term strategies"
Anyway I do agree with you. There's a very low tolerance at DU for a lack of instant gratification. I think people have forgotten the breadth and depth of the mess Bush left for Obama to clean up.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:31 PM
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3. Oh, those
people forgot, all right.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:42 PM
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4.  Nope. I meant to refer to Obama and his team.
One of the things I like best about those that the President has chosen to surround himself with is their proven ability to look past the nightly analyses of both friendly and hostile commentators to the methods needed to achieve mid and long term results. And then act accordingly. They did this in the campaign, they are doing it now while in office.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:30 PM
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2.  You said it, beautifully~
And, there's a whole lot of angst on DU. Funny, out in the real world they seem to get Prez Obama a lot better than some here on a political board.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 05:17 PM
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5.  Thank you.
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