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I am pleased with Obama's appoitments. He is doing a great job. Obama's strategy should have surprised no one - least of all so-called "progressives." If they had read the American Prospect several months ago, they would have known that Obama tends to be some what cautious and pragmatic. He tries to build a consensus. He also tends to be somewhat of a "centrist."
Forgiving, for example, Lieberman was really a "class" act. If anything, it revealed what a "crass" politician Lieberman was and is. In a way, Lieberman is being put on notice, since his election bid is two years away.
Forgiving Lieberaman and harnessing the talents and abilities of many Clintonites, I feel, is a wiser course than what many so-called "progressives" want. Many of the ideas that Obama is promoting now have a lot of "progressive" influences. And, progressives can always express their ideas on Change.gov.
Obama has inherited a disaster from Bush. It will take years to get things in order. I believe progressives need to back Obama while promoting their ideas.
