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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am more concerned about the team Hillary or Bernie will take with them to Washington?
If we need change, we need people with the vision to make it.
Who will we have calling the shots at Defense?
Who will be the Secretary of State?
What will be the economic policies of the new President?
As we have seen with our present President, it is very difficult to get things done without the proper team around him. In order for change to take place, there must be a mandate from the people. That is the only thing that can break the concrete around the feet of the politicians in Washington, in my opinion.
People are known by the company they keep. No President can do it alone.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
madokie
(51,076 posts)don't be counting the chickens before they hatch and all that.
Other than that I agree with the gist of your OP
our present President has two things going against him one I was not aware of until lately. One is his skin color and the other is the supporters of the candidate he ultimately beat out. This last one is the same thing that will happen again if we're not careful.
A picture paints a lot of words, likewise a few words can paint a big ass picture
kentuck
(111,101 posts)We need a team.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Who does Hillary surround herself with and who does Bernie or Martin or Lincoln. What kind of people are they, can and will pretty much tell us all we need to know at this point
I can be comfortable with any one of the four over what the 'CONs have to offer. Only one of our candidates worry me and I'll leave that to you to figure out
kentuck
(111,101 posts)in my opinion.
If they are going to choose Bob Gates as their Defense Secretary or David Petraeus as their CIA chief, then I can scratch them off right now.
We need to know who these people associate with if we are ever going to get the change we need or any change at all.
Otherwise, it is like buying a pig in a poke.
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)Treasury - someone from Goldman Sachs
Commerce - someone from Goldman Sachs
Defense - someone from Goldman Sachs
Justice - will keep Lynch, the banks fucking love her
Health and Human Services - someone from PhRma
Housing and Urban Development - someone from Goldman Sachs
State - choice of big time lobbyists from Boeing and Lockheed
etc.
YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
and sadly this is almost an actual list of what we already have now under Obama
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Look at the team the current POTUS took with him after he won in '08.