Obama presented himself as something new to Washington,

The lack of actual reform led by the Obama Administration, and of course a corporate compliant Congress, is hard to understand except in terms of the corrupting power of campaign funding that is pretty much out of control, and undermining the character of the Republic.

Yes, Mitt 'would have been worse.' But that does not make Obama good, or effective. It makes him Brand Y to Mitt's Brand X. But the hearts of both brands belong to the same Daddies. And the same can be said of much of the governance of the developed nations, especially the English speaking peoples and their client states.

As outlined in This Town by Mark Leibovich, the primary occupation in Washington DC is now putting on the feedbag during and after your 'public service.' This has always been a problem, but now it is widely accepted, and even fashionable.

Is Obama driven by ideology, bad advice, amoral ambivalence, or just plain old personal greed, a desire to 'get paid?' With Bush et al. there was no question about it. And pretty much the same goes for the Clintons, who accepted Wall Street's proposal of ongoing partnership.

But Obama presented himself as something new to Washington, someone different, someone offering big changes from the past.


And then he ............





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