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New presidents as a rule want to move forward rather than battling the previous administration. Eight years ago, the Republicans were saying they were going to keep pursuing Bill Clinton once he was out of office. As right-wing-from-the-get-go as the Bush administration has been, that simply didn't happen. Of course, the Bush administration's crimes are far greater, but I suspect Obama suspects, correctly, that going after Bush et al would consume far too much attention from the media, overshadowing everything else. So, much as I'd love to see President Obama with a solid 60 Democratic seats in the Senate ("solid" meaning Lieberman doesn't count) sending Bush, Cheney and the rest of that criminal gang to spend the rest of their lives in prison as they deserve, it ain't gonna happen.
