Spud I am hardly a RTard and I am even unhappy with it.
~Larry
Yeah, Spud gets that Larry.
Here's the deal.
Carter tried to change the face of Washington by bringing in too many outsiders and ended up getting insulated and shut out by the incestuous mob that runs the place. He was effectively a lame duck from the get-go, mostly.
Obama has obviously done a little reading and will not make the same mistake.
DC is an open sewer pipe at present where corruption is the rule rather than the exception. Spud has always sed that Obama's ability to make any sort of effective changes in that city are limited and predicated on how well he plays the game according to the unwritten rules.
Unwritten rule one is "Work with known quantities"
Rule number two (as the Clintons found out when they tried to eradicate "don't ask don't tell" right out of the gate) is "Chose yer battles wisely".
ie. Don't take on a herculean task that, if it backfires, will hamper yer ability to make any sort of future progress in other areas.
There is a grace period of sorts, a honeymoon if you will given to every new POTUS ordinarily but given the grim realities that Obama faces ie. two losing wars and an economy on the brink of depression he will not have the time given to previous admins.
Spud imagines Obama know that.
The CIA need an outside agent to come in and clean up the massive mess that Cheney's meatpuppet Dumbya left.
A total unknown would be laughed out of the room.
Leon won't, despite posts to the contrary already on this thread.
Be Well.
