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Barack Obama, honeymoon killer?

The Clintonites in his Cabinet, forgiveness for Lieberman, the creeping signs of centrism -- progressives aren't ready to panic, yet.

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  • Sunday, November 23, 2008 09:19 PM

    @ Mr. Toad

    Hear, hear.

    Well said and couldn't agree more.

    And Axelrod is right: "There's one person who's going to be in charge of American foreign policy, and there's one person who's going to be in charge of American economic policy. And that's Barack Obama."

    I honestly don't understand what all the indignation is about.

    These people are there to execute Obama's will and as you aptly note, Toad, the guy's consistently three steps ahead of the game. One could argue his aptitude for strategy is the single most important factor (within his control) for his having become president of the United States.

    Now suddenly he's some kind of feckless or even sinister hack?

    The indignant criticism simply doesn't add up.

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