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Originally Posted by demonrail666

It's clear that, even given his cabinet, Obama will not be a new Bush. However, speaking from the outside looking in, I know that a large element of European interest in Obama stemmed from what we saw as his commitment to at least engage with fresh ideas. I personally was under no illusion that Obama himself was any kind of leftist radical (within the framework of British politics he'd fit soundly into the Conservative benches). However I was at least hoping he'd find a place for more progressive thinkers. Whether he decided to implement their ideas is another thing entirely, but to not include them in his supposedly bipartisan cabinet seems like a real missed opportunity, especially given the evident enthusiasm of so many that voted for him (and not just those of your hard left) to try and move to step away from such already tried and by-now distrusted ideas.

those people are there, just not at the most visible level. start looking at the subcabinet positions, people who are being groomed to take over one day. for now, sure, it's a team of superstars, but their underlings is where it's at.

take for example samantha power, who is one of the most outspoken intellectuals against genocide (and called hillary "a monster" while working as an advisor to the obama campaign). she was fired for her comments, and after hillary was called to the state department, power was rehired to oversee the state department transition-- ha ha ha ha. trust me, she's going to do things for darfour, congo, etc-- but give her a little room to maneuver or we'll end up with another clinton-style somalia.

check out her bio-- i've seen her speak and i have to confess a mad crush on this super-smart redhead. ok she's not a total beauty in the face but i could listen to her talk all fucking night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power

her agenda-- that's the real agenda after the major bollocks is dealt with, you see?