The Democrats in Congress don't want these things!
You assume they want them because they are on the neocon agenda, but have you seen any Democrats, save for Dennis Kucinich, actually try any of these things?
Obama has based his entire early campaign on ending the war in Iraq swiftly and honorably.
Getting rid of the bases?
There hasn't been a single viable pol on either side of the aisle who's called fer it.
Clinton came closest by speaking of a "Peace Dividend" but at the end of the day he was savaged by the right fer even the smallest headway he made in that regard.
Nationalising the Fed?
Spud sez either Nationalise it or rename it cos it aint really the Fed if it's privately owned.
The political will to do so does not exist at this time but who knows, with the advent of blogworld many things are possible now that weren't before.
Blogworld circumvents the loop from BigBiz to the MIC to BigGov to Big Media.
They are being forced to react to the rising levels of conciousness these days rather than just do their old schtick which involved preprograming the masses with focus-grouped sound bites fresh from their friendly neighbourhood think tanks.
/Naomi Klein tells a wonderful joke about think tanks.
//She sez they are places owned by the makers of tank who tell you wot to think.
And get rid of the Patriot Act
Yes, one of the most worrisome things about Obama is the fact that he re-upped that odious document recently after initially balking at the thought.
The arguments by the Rtards that Obama is a dangeous leftwingloon bent on turning the US into Russia East are comletely unfounded.
The argument that he may turn out to be just like all the other co-opted pols in DC is the only one that Spud really worries about.
Regardless, the fact remains that he is far and away the best and the brightest possibility this election cycle in terms of both electability and policy and Spud is more than willing to give him the benfit of the doubt fer at least a hundred days.
'Trust but confirm' that's Spud's motto.
Nice chattin' at ya.
Be Well.