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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (5239)	1/21/2009 2:12:27 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Alone in the Oval Office I'm not going to be posting most White House press releases, but here's the first: At 8:35 AM, the President arrived in the Oval Office and spent 10 minutes alone in the office. He read the note left to him by President Bush that was in an envelope marked “To: #44, From: #43”. At 8:45 AM, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel came in to discuss the schedule of today’s events. The First Lady came into the Oval Office at 9:10 AM. We will release a picture shortly.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (5239)	1/21/2009 2:20:08 PM
From: pompsander	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Well, I agree with Buddy that getting elected President will accomplish more for the citizens of Illinois than would any legislation (vbg). I suppose accomplishments have to be meaasured various ways. Having your name on a bill that has to climb through Committee, then get scheduled for vote takes years for "normal" legislation. As a junior senator he was not in a position to push forward anything his "seniors" didn't want pushed. semantics aside, getting elected President is far and away the best evidence of political achievement. I suppose if only legislative achievement is how we measure, then Teddy Kennedy and Rober Byrd or Mitch McConnell would be seen as high achieveres..their names are on lots of bills that became laws. So what? They can't change a thing tomorrow. Obama can, and will, change thousands of things. Regardless of what he did as a senator, he got elected President. In the next ten days he will have more effect through executive orders than did ANY senator through legislative action in the last thirty years. Presidents always do. So I agree with Buddy. Senators want to be President so they dont' have to play all the parlor games to make laws. They just exercise power.....and the President has a lot. I am sure Mr. Obama will appreciate the expanded executive argued and delivered by the Bush/Cheney administration.