Great Expectations

President-elect Obama has been extremely busy since November 4th. He has already appointed several key members of his administration and he has announced several potential cabinet members. In this respect, he is far ahead of his predecessors.; most presidents-elect do not begin making appointments and nominations until after the first of the year. I believe his rapid work is due to the state of the country and the lame duck that is currently in office. The American people and President Bush are both excited for him to leave office as soon as possible.

Obama is under intense pressure and scrutiny now, before he has even been sworn into office. The right-wing media (yes, I typed that correctly) has labeled the current economic state the "Obama Recession." The rationale is that if people were excited about his stance on the economy that they would be spending and investing. Of course, this makes little sense because we have been in a recession since December of 2007 and people stopped spending and investing long before anyone thought Obama was a viable candidate.

The Republicans want him to get us out of this recession by abolishing all taxes; apparently the Republicans know a lot of people who are hoarding their money out of spite. They speak lightly when they talk about Obama and rarely bring up any other subject outside of taxes.

The liberal portion of the Democratic party is hounding Obama because he is looking at all sides of the argument and considering Republicans for government posts (like he said he would). They would prefer if he just told the Republicans to fuck off and enacted their agenda on January 20th.

Large businesses want bailouts, small businesses want whatever the big industries get, the homeless want homes, the jobless want jobs, and everybody wants more money. It will be impossible to satisfy every request.

I think he is doing a marvelous job thus far. Why? Because politicos in Washington are pissed. And only a smart and crafty politician can get them all to hate you and do what you want anyway. If he is successful, he will very few friends outside of those who elect politicians.