Quote Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi View Post
Way to answer the OT, Dave...

DC, was my answer sufficiently nonpartisan?
Yes, I think you were making an honest effort, and you know, I welcome the chance to be proven wrong (in terms of my beliefs leading up to this morning). I hope the next 4 years are about a more centralized, interventionist government that uses its power for the good of its citizens. I will state that it's a two way street. If the administration wants my continued hope and belief, they have to offer just cause for it. It's one thing for me to be a hopeful optimist. It's another to expect me to just quietly turn into a doormat.

I will say the choice of Rham Emmanuel as Obama's chief of staff doesn't give me warm fuzzies about 'reaching out'. The man is bright, disciplined and effective, but he's about as partisan as they come. At the same time, Obama's short list of Treasury secretaries gives me hope that Obama intends to reform Wall Street, not destroy it.