On 6-Nov-2008, HK wrote:


Obama is a brilliant pol, and he is surrounding himself with the best of
the best. Whatever serious challenges arise will be handled better by
the Obama team then similar problems were handled by the Bush team. Bush
screwed up every serious problem he faced.



Obama is a brilliant speech giver, capable of appealing to the emotions of
the masses.
He has yet to prove that he is a brilliant politician (unless moving people
to tears is all it takes, in your mind. Hell, rock bands can do that.)

Harry, didn't you notice a change in Obama's tone during his press
conference last week?
Interestingly, it followed his first official Intel briefing. It will be
hard for people like you to recognize at first, but I am willing to bet that
Obama's policy concepts will begin to sound more and more like existing
foreign policies. The "package" may change for effect, but the contents
will be pretty much the same. Sorta like the "New, Improved" labeling on
products in the store. Same stuff, different package.

If you don't believe it, take a look at Congress. There you find a bunch of
blowhards reciting party line rhetoric and condemnation of Bush's policies,
yet, when it comes down to the wire, the money keeps getting approved by the
same hypocrites to continue them.

I predict that Obama will announce a few "big" changes to justify his
supporter's votes. He'll call for the closure of GTMO, and he's already
joined Pelosi in talking about a bailout of GM. But, the rest of the
political balance of power in the world is dangerously critical and if he
has any brains, changes will be slow and discrete.

Oh, and if you qualify, don't hold your breath waiting for a tax break.

Eisboch