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I cannot help but think these appointments are to help him REDIFNE his rhetoric into a "prgamatic" policy and implmentation. Obama IS inexperienced. So, he goes looks for others with more experience to surround himself with. At face value, that part is not surprising.
However, the question of whether he will be the influencer, or the influenced, is very much an open question. First impressions will say he will be influenced, but impressions can certainly be changed by actions.
The only real and effective reformer who came from the inside in the last 100 years was Teddy Rooseveldt. Do you think Obama will be another Rooseveldt, either one of them? I just don't see from his history or his rhetoric that he will "rise up" when he takes the big chair. I would very much liked to be proved wrong.
