Progressive Democrat Issue 193

People are expressing both hope and dismay about Obama's cabinet. Some progressives feel he is picking too many centrists, but remember that Obama has always been a centrist (Fox News lies aside) and this nation generally prefers centrism. I'd prefer more progressives myself, but I do get the feeling Obama knows what he is doing and I don't really expect most of the nation to want as progressive a Preisdent as I would want.

But one thing that is a constant theme from the Obama administration is this: it is time for a new New Deal. Here is the latest public works proposal:



Obama has the right idea on most things, if he can keep focused and get Congress to do the right thing. I am not sure he has all the right ideas on energy. Nuclear is not really very helpful and "clean coal" is an oxymoron. And we CAN ddo what needs to be done properly. but even there he at least partly gets it in a way no other sitting President has. It is definitely progress.

The biggest thing on everyone's mind is the economy. My regular readers know I have been saying Bush policies would lead to this eventually. The current collapse was no surprise to me. It was obviously coming. My Assemblywoman has been warning people about this for months. But it is definitely bad and probably will keep getting worse for awhile. Unemployment figures are worse than people are admitting. And we have to keep in mind that Bush has even hobbled America's ability to have a New Deal by saddling us with the biggest deficits in American History. Obama will have a very tough job and let's hope Congress supports his efforts. Clinton started with a genuinely progressive agenda, but was not backed up by Conrgess, which led him to scale back his goals. Let's push our Congress Critters to do the right thing.

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