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FWIW, my predictions related to the Senate are based on an analysis of the seats in play for 2010. In this year there's still very little defense for the Democrats to play, and a number of Republicans who can be targeted/could be vulnerable.
Regardless of what happens, though, things start to look difficult for Democrats in the Senate from 2012 onward, with a lot of defense to play. I think it's quite likely that the GOP could be back in a slim majority by 2014, especially if the country is still in a poor economic state. |
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Interesting read, flere. It may be end up being completely wrong , but it's as good a read as exists in the thread so far.
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I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, but Bill Richardson has now taken his name out of consideration for a cabinet position. Obama's aides are saying that Richardson wasn't forthcoming about the grand jury investigation during his vetting promise.
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Im glad he pulled out, while I like to wait for end of investigations (instead of parallel investigations if youre wondering) before the culmination of results, it is an unnecessary distraction.
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Leon Panetta for the CIA spot? Umm ... WTF?
First pick I've seen that really had me bewildered, most of the rest I can at least find rhyme or reason for whether I approve of/agree with them or not, but this one? Bizarre.
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Agreed. The first choice that I think was bad. The intelligence community was nearly destroyed under Clinton (imo) and Panetta was part of that. It must have been a favor that Obama had to pay back.
While I can understand the pick for Labor (another favor he had to cash), I hate that one. The rest are fine. |
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It is a puzzling move. I guess some have been saying that Panetta will simply be the face of the CIA and that he'll let the real intelligence experts run it.
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The guesses I've seen indicate that the Obama team thinks the CIA needs a management restructuring and that this is a strong point on Panetta's resume.
I'm not sure I agree with that (the latter, I am sure that the CIA needs a once-over from a management perspective), but at least it's somewhat logical. |
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The Sanjay Gupta pick is interesting. The guy would certainly make a good face for the country's health movements, but his beliefs on universal healthcare seem to go against Obama.
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Watching some news clips on Obama and his train trip. I've obviously noticed this earlier but it seemed so much more evident now with the waning days of Bush's presidency (melancholy?) ... the difference between how Obama and Bush give speechs are like night and day.
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Haven't read every single post in the thread but glancing it over and surprised there is no mentin of the "A" word in the thread. Am I the only one who feels that assasination is a valid prediction for what may happen during his term?
I know this is probably going to draw a lot of flack but I have to think it is a very valid prediction. There are enough whacko groups out there that would like to see this happen and some of them are just crazy enough to try it. I personally hope this does not happen as it's about the last thing the country needs. It would only splinter the country at a time when the country can't afford that to happen. This fact alone increases the number of groups who would be willing to try it. Now for my hopes: - No assasination, or even known attempt. let's get to working on fixing the current state of the country and not have to worry about another problem. - Get the economy back on it's feet. not really something that is directlytied to Obama but at least him being elected has given some people a positive feel so let's ride that feeling to getting the economy straight. - Companies learn that paying the top exectives and insane salary is not the answer. these executives need to be held responsible for that they do and not be given buyouts in the event that they get "fired" ("if you fail you'll get 5 million" isn't exactly and incentive to produce). - Health care costs do not continue to skyrocket. using common sense alone can help these costs (like the number of people who go the emergency room just because they have a stomach virus or flu). - Fix the prisons. this has been something I have always wanted to see. granted there are some crimes for which people should never see the light of day again but for others we need to make sure that we are not just punishing but rehabilitating. it helps society more if the person coming out of prison is better prepared to be part of society instead of being trained to become a better criminal. - Stop the flow of jobs out of our borders. eliminate any tax breaks given to companies who ship jobs out of the country. add tax breaks for companies who keep all their jobs in the country. add tax penalties for companies which ship jobs out of the country. to get the country on it's feet you need joe average to be employed and capable of supporting himself. - Alternate fuel sources. something that is realistic and not going to just raise the cost of automobiles and will also be reliable. let's find a way to cut that cord so we can eliminate the need to pacify middle eastern countries because of their oil supply. - NCAA football playoff system. the BCS is a sooner-like fraud. |
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My biggest hope for the Obama Presidency would be the return of competence to our government. We've seen over the last 8 years Bush appoint political lackeys who have no business running specific parts of government (hello Brownie!). The Justice Department has turned into a laughing stock. Whether I agree with the people in power or not, lets just get back to having the brightest minds in control. Not someones fucking roommate from college.
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Interesting week under the intense microscope that is going to be the Obama presidency.
The Executive Orders were no surprise and fully expected. There were two quips from Obama in his meeting yesterday that sounded very immature and stupid to me: Quote:
I don't listen to that arrogant blowhard but for a president to single him out is no better than a grade school taunt, "you can't my friend if you're friends with him". Limbaugh should not be that important enough for a president to single him out. Instead, he should have said, "I do not want anyone to believe in the failure of the presidency, thus the country. We need to get things done, which was why I built a team of rivals and ended the calls to petty partisanship." In other words, taking the high road instead of name-calling partisanship. Quote:
He's right, but his words were very wrong and immature. Instead, he should have said, "As president, the decision to include such proposal is mine. The merits of which can be debated in Congress." Instead, he essentially went, "Neener neener." From Campbell Brown, CNN: Quote:
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So here's my problem with this kind of thinking given this era of globalization (btw, I certainly don't like the idea of offshoring jobs): What's an American firm? A company with headquarters in the US? A company that makes products entirely in the US? How do you define that. Start taxing the hell out of firms and they will "move" entirely outside of the US. People can't have it both ways - you can't bitch and moan about companies going overseas because of cost cutting ways and then buy stuff made overseas at Walmart b/c that's the cheapest price available. And if you are restricted from competing by moving jobs overseas b/c of punitive taxes, American firms will be at a huge cost disadvantage in the global marketplace and will all go belly up. |
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There needs to be common sense logic built into this. Obviously if you are a store that is opening a branch in another country you are going to be employing people from that country. I'll use my company as an example. Our "leadership" has funneled development jobs off to India though we are a US based company. We cannot sell our product in India as casino gaming is outlawed in the country and there is not anything close to being in the works to change that. The excuse is that we can hire X number more developers per US resource but the turnover rate is so great that we are not gaining anything from this as the rate of development and quality of the product has dropped severely. Any of the developers that are good enough to keep end up being brought to the US to work with visas (at US salaries which kind of ruins the whole "we are saving money in salaries" idea). Over the past two years we have lost in the area of 1000 years of casino experience and that has been replaces with Indian resources with 0 casino experience, and worse yet most are fresh out of school and have no real world development experience. The IT field is seen as the "easy money" field in India and because of tht there are people graduating with degrees because they can memorize some terms but do not have the mindset to apply these terms in practice. I guess the big picture problem still goes back to the people running the corporations not being held accountable for their decisions. They make decisions based on how they can sell the idea to the share holders even if the idea is not ultimately in the best interest of the company. Then when things go wrong and the company has to cut costs it's the people who need their jobs the most who get screwed while the CEO's sit back and collect their obscenely inflated checks. How does the CEO get "punished" for running the corporation poorly? Millions in stock options and a contract buyout. That'll teach 'em... Sorry for the rant, just getting a little fed up with the business as usual crap going on and seeing good people lose their jobs because they are being replaced over seas. I just hope those that are supporting the idea of change and improving the country also know they have to get off their butts to make this happen and don't think that Obama is just going to wave a magic wand and make it happen so they don't have to do anything. Also, it's not our responsibility to make sure the other countries of the world are employed. We need to look after ourselves first before we look outside our borders. If your own family is starving THAT is your priority, not the family across the street. |
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Pretty neat, an unanticipated Obama 'hope' that may rank pretty high up there as far as domestic, long-term impact. Some possible holes in the study but still interesting.
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Not at all, but I hope you get a better reaction than I got for mentioning that a few weeks (months?) ago. FWIW, I believe the unprecedented level of security in DC this past week might be an indication that you & I aren't the only people who have this on the list of significant possibilities.
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My issue with offshoring is that I believe we should keep some key intellectual capital within the US. I don't have a clean description of intellectual capital but think development of Oracle DB/SaaS Apps vs development of latest version of Quicken/compilers/games. As time goes by and as other countries catch up the definition changes. Last edited by Edward64 : 01-24-2009 at 09:52 PM. |
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I don't understand this argument some of these arguments again US protectionism. 1) It's not as if those firms are being taxed horribly as it is. Yes, the percentage is high. However, with lots of corporate loopholes, the corporate taxes in this country aren't nearly as high as they are being made out to be. When you can deduct all levels of crap- I imagine that with a good tax lawyer, corporations are paying much less than they would in other countries. Or they are at least competitive because it's not as if these companies are staying here just for name's sake. If they could save a buck and move to, say, the Cayman Islands for a corporate account, they would have already. 2) A lot of companies could only exist in this country. It's not as if you could open up a Starbucks in China and charge $5 a cup of coffee when their middle class makes barely $10K per year. 3) I do strongly agree with the first part of the final sentiment- people love to complain about service or selection and then go for the cheapest price. Search my history and I'm sure I've used my Ultimate Electronics/Best Buy analogy a couple of times. However, I disagree with the second- see my second point. Look at what Microsoft or most major pharmaceutical companies do- they sell at one price here and then substantially less in other places. SI
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Not liking this move by Obama on allowing states to set its own auto emission requirements.
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Interesting reads about the Gitmo executive order. It appears the order was done to satisfy the liberal base while not actually changing much of anything. The executive order actually still allows for the same torture that was done in the Bush Administration when needed.
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Looks like Obama has taken even more behind the scenes shortcuts regarding torture and holding terrorists. The Bush administration was hammered for sending detained terrorists to other countries to be detained and tortured (also called renditions). Turns out that Obama is actually going to INCREASE that policy.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Surprise! Obama expands renditions So yeah, he's shutting down Gitmo, but he's also effectively increasing the amount of torture on the detainees. They'll be more poorly treated in other countries, but at least the blood's not on our hands, right? It'll be interesting to see if the same liberals that decried this tactic will blast Obama for increasing the use of this policy rather than reducing it. |
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I see Blog (also the appropriate Hot Air) in the link so Ill pass. Show me a legitimate link and we all can either get on board with you or leave you on your island.
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The blog post references a L.A. Times article: Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool - Los Angeles Times
Edit: Having said that, the blog post makes a lot of assumptions that the L.A. Times article treats very differently. Edit #2: For instance: Quote:
The L.A. Times article's assessment is that Obama's executive order actually limits pretty much everything considerably more than Bush's policy, but keeps open an option for short-term, "transitory" rendition which is, admittedly, a big grey area. To quote the article: Quote:
Emphasis mine. "Hot Air", however, takes this statement and transforms it into: Quote:
Next, a rationale from (supposedly) an Obama Administration source: Quote:
And not everyone "on the left" is immediately against this: Quote:
Still, intelligence veterans doubt there's a significant place of value in America's policy for renditions going forward: Quote:
Of course, "Hot Air" takes issue with these conclusions: Quote:
To summarize, here's "Hot Air's listing of interrogation venues in terms of effectiveness: 1. Torture by U.S. at Gitmo/secret CIA holding sites 2. Torture by foreign governments at U.S.'s behest 3. Legal interrogation by U.S. at U.S. sites Here's CIA veterans' listing of interrogation venues in terms of effectiveness (note they don't mention Gitmo): 1. Legal interrogation by U.S. at U.S. sites 2. Torture by foreign governments at U.S.'s behest And anyway, the policy is evolving and not final yet: Quote:
So anyway, read the L.A. Times article, not the blog. Last edited by flere-imsaho : 02-02-2009 at 08:53 AM. |
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I've made edits to my post which expand on that.
I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine which source is reporting the news and which source is using misguided assumptions to make spurious conclusions based on a sliver of the news. |
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It's an article in a liberal newspaper. That suit your nitpicking better? Listen, as a supporter of Bush's terrorism policies, I couldn't be happier about the decision. I'm just surprised that there's not more outrage by the liberal supporters that Obama is failing to follow through with most of his promises regarding torture. Perhaps their motives weren't as sincere as we previously thought. |
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Mizzou, you must go through life constantly surprised by things based on the number of times you post that you're surprised on this board.
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This is a good summary of what's actually in the Presidential order. From Hilzoy:
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All of that is VERY subjective and assumes that the U.S. government has full disclosure of what occurs overseas in other countries. Even in cases where they do have a high level of disclosure, there still is no guarantee of a decrease of torture. The increase in exportation of these suspects takes the direct monitoring of independent groups that is done at Gitmo to places where direct monitoring likely will not be allowed. Quote:
In regards to any studies done by the government, count me as unimpressed. There's a laundry list of studies that were done by the government on various issues where they 'thoroughly' talked through an issue and totally failed to address the real problem. A glaring example is the sub-prime mortgage mess we're currently in. |
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I'd agree that the possibility exists of continuing the Bush extraordinary rendition practice. However, at this point we have ample text that says the opposite, no evidence that any loophole has been exploited, and a consistent tone about ending detention/interrogation policies that may be in violation of US or international law.
If there's a story here at all it's simply that the possibility exists of Obama doing the opposite of what he's said. If that comes to pass it will be a big deal, but until it does I don't see any smoke here.
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It's almost beyond my ability to understand how the same people that a few months ago spent all their time yelling that Obama was a radical, Marxist, terrorist lover now spend all their time yelling that Obama isn't anything like the radical, Marxist, terrorist lover that Democrats thought he was.
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That's basically correct. We don't have any smoke or loophole exploits because he's just started his term. We'll obviously have to wait a couple of years to get a feel for how it's actually implemented by Obama's staff. Here's the problem for Obama politically as I see it. 1. He has not unilaterally rolled back the torture policies of Bush. That may upset some who wanted a much broader brushstroke on this issue. 2. Although he did not fully rollback the torture policies, he has come out with the executive order and made sure to claim success with the order. As a result, any attack on the U.S. during his term will be immediately tied to the rollback of those policies, whether it's fair or not (or even relevant). |
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Dr. President Obama,
Use fewer sentences. Thanx. Bye.
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