Obama: Say GOODBYE! to Bush's bullshit

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110801856.html?nav=rss_email/components

Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse the president on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.

A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his inauguration. The team is now consulting with liberal advocacy groups, Capitol Hill staffers and potential agency chiefs to prioritize those they regard as the most onerous or ideologically offensive, said a top transition official who was not permitted to speak on the record about the inner workings of the transition.

In some instances, Obama would be quickly delivering on promises he made during his two-year campaign, while in others he would be embracing Clinton-era policies upended by President Bush during his eight years in office.

"The kind of regulations they are looking at" are those imposed by Bush for "overtly political" reasons, in pursuit of what Democrats say was a partisan Republican agenda, said Dan Mendelson, a former associate administrator for health in the Clinton administration's Office of Management and Budget. The list of executive orders targeted by Obama's team could well get longer in the coming days, as Bush's appointees are rushing to enact a number of last-minute policies in an effort to extend his legacy.

Guess he's taking a look back, making corrections, before he can jump us forward.

That's my President-Elect! :patriot:

progressive and liberal. What will all the centrists say.

is off the table.

Do the pragmatic thing, Nancy. Do the prudent thing.

Get with the &^%%$# progressive program.

this article has lifted my heart.

Wow.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/

This is exactly what we were hoping for. Excellent! :thumbsup:

its unreal how much there is yet to come.

K and R

OT, but my son still loves his flute. I forget the real name for it, but it sounds so pretty, even when he gets the song wrong!

I tell kids to play the notes back wards and that is JAZZ! heh heh

I am always glad to hear that our work is useful!

Our online songbook is at: http://www.clayz.com/songlist.html

K

K&R

I was worrying about this earlier, but it looks like Obama and his team are on top of things, and have been for awhile. I can't express how happy this makes me!

Hit them hard, Mr. President!!!!

It is so nice to know he has been planning and working on policy matters even while working non-stop campaigning!!!!!

Those are the three things I want undone as soon as possible.

once the new Congress is sworn in.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081007-7.html

Yes We Can!

Don't expect him to overturn it.

he's been pushing through the past few weeks? It must be hard to keep up with all of these disasters!

The list of executive orders targeted by Obama's team could well get longer in the coming days, as Bush's appointees are rushing to enact a number of last-minute policies in an effort to extend his legacy.

So some REAL Hope for some REAL CHANGE huh?

:D :D :D :D

That's more like it, America!!!!

:patriot:

and total commitment to details this campaign has had. I've never seen anything like it. It's been the most impressive campaign I've witnessed in the thirty two years since I've been voting.

All the posts that want to suggest this person for this, that person for that, just make me smile. After eight long years of nothing but utter chaos and complete mismanagement, I feel I can take a breather and trust in the decision making of my government again.

Obama and company, well... they've got this folks.

and it feels great.

And the rest of the world will thank him.

extend this disaster!

Quite simply, bush is the worst president of all time, his "legacty" is one of complete and utter failure.

He can get rid of that one and cut the Fundies off at the knees

"A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude"

Barak KNEW he was going to win this. Everything has been planned. This explains his quick appointments.

He's gets it.

I FIRMLY believe that Barak Obama will be a truly transformational President.

Bookmarked so I can look back on this in eight years.

:)

<talkmedown>WHY OH WHY IS OBAMA GOVERNING FROM THE CENTER?</talkmedown>