President Barack Obama

TheMercenary · 11-05-2008, 05:29 AM

Congrats to him. I wish him and his family the best of luck. We'll be watching.

bluecuracao · 11-05-2008, 05:34 AM

Watching for what, exactly?

TheMercenary · 11-05-2008, 06:04 AM

Watching how he conducts the business of the country.

TheMercenary · 11-05-2008, 06:08 AM

The next big milestone will be who he surrounds himself with for a staff of advisors and consultants. This will be the most important step of the process. A president is only as good as who he confides in and takes advice from.

bluecuracao · 11-05-2008, 06:13 AM

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Watching how he conducts the business of the country.

Oh. He probably expects that.

TheMercenary · 11-05-2008, 07:28 AM

I would imagine that his chief of staff will be the first big one and the rest of the choices should move rather quickly after that.

sweetwater · 11-05-2008, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The next big milestone will be who he surrounds himself with for a staff of advisors and consultants. This will be the most important step of the process. A president is only as good as who he confides in and takes advice from.

Exactly. I wish that nominees for at least a few of those positions were revealed prior to the election, but having said that, I tend toward trusting Obama to fill those spots wisely. It was an important factor in my decision.

Clodfobble · 11-05-2008, 08:29 AM

I think there's a decent chance he'll appoint Colin Powell to his cabinet. That would be interesting.

TheMercenary · 11-05-2008, 09:01 AM

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I think there's a decent chance he'll appoint Colin Powell to his cabinet. That would be interesting.

I bet he would gladly have him. I seriously doubt he would accept.

DanaC · 11-05-2008, 11:40 AM

I heard commentators predicting he'll bring in some key republicans. I do hope so. Like I said in another post, what's needed is a raprochement of some kind between the two sides of the body politic.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-05-2008, 12:00 PM

The transition team is already in Washington, hard at work. They've got a lot of work to do.

Rexmons · 11-05-2008, 12:07 PM

he should throw Ron Paul into the mix just to spice things up a bit.

monster · 11-05-2008, 12:21 PM

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he should throw Ron Paul into the cement mixer just to spice things up a bit.

fixed that for you

DanaC · 11-05-2008, 12:27 PM

I'd just like to also throw out a congrats to Lewis Hamilton; the youngest ever Formula 1 champion, and the first black champion as well.

I can only imagine what the last few days must mean to young black lads growing up in my own country.

Griff · 11-05-2008, 07:59 PM

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I heard commentators predicting he'll bring in some key republicans. I do hope so. Like I said in another post, what's needed is a raprochement of some kind between the two sides of the body politic.

Chris Shays is looking for work. Being in a state like PA that is pretty evenly divided conservative/liberal it seems really weird that New England has 0 Republican representatives.

11-05-2008, 05:29 AM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	President Barack Obama Congrats to him. I wish him and his family the best of luck. We'll be watching. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-05-2008, 06:04 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Watching how he conducts the business of the country. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-05-2008, 06:08 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The next big milestone will be who he surrounds himself with for a staff of advisors and consultants. This will be the most important step of the process. A president is only as good as who he confides in and takes advice from. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-05-2008, 07:28 AM	#6
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I would imagine that his chief of staff will be the first big one and the rest of the choices should move rather quickly after that. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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11-05-2008, 05:34 AM	#2
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Watching for what, exactly?

11-05-2008, 11:40 AM	#10
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I heard commentators predicting he'll bring in some key republicans. I do hope so. Like I said in another post, what's needed is a raprochement of some kind between the two sides of the body politic.

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11-05-2008, 12:27 PM	#14
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I'd just like to also throw out a congrats to Lewis Hamilton; the youngest ever Formula 1 champion, and the first black champion as well. I can only imagine what the last few days must mean to young black lads growing up in my own country.

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