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Much like the FISA decision (which ended my campaign donations for Obama) and the Biden pick (which I called a mistake at the time), if the Andrea Mitchels, David Ignatius and Fred Hiatts of the political establishment are neutralized while Obama develops his policy agenda, that's just plain brilliant. As you suggest, we'll have to wait and see what that agenda actually is but it would surely be DOA if popularly opposed by The Palace Press. By default, the appointments are successful if they are lauded by the vacuous adolescents who make public opinion and, ultimately, public policy. Nothing good can be accomplished without, at least, their acquiescence.
You, of all people, should know that.
