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John Aloysius Farrell

The Barack Obama Administration Should Make Change Gradual

November 11, 2008 11:55 AM ET | John Aloysius Farrell | Permanent Link | Print

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Thanks for reminding me...

... of why I abandoned US/WR a few years ago.

I still see you are printing the same old right-wing nonsense,

Enjoy your future bankruptcy.

Obama should move fast. He promised change and he better deliver *fast* otherwise he becomes just another politician.

But thanks for your concern trolling.

What change..

This administration have not made any change, not in my opinion. The only change they've made is adding more elitist illuminati to their administration.

Promising

Obama should not make a sudden bombardment of new big federal government programs in the realm of economic policy. Adequate time and fiscal & Constitutional considerations are needed. In particular programs, such as healthcare, a lot of different perspectives need to be considered in order to get solid legislation that brings together market based and smart government solutions. Some liberal activists (hah and Bush "Conservatives") don't like the idea that our system of government is one of balance and incremental change. We need to come up with good programs, not overly burdensome, costly, and bureaucratic.

I don't think so.

George W. Bush certainly did not! It was gimme, gimme, gimme all these things I want! If you don't, you're not patriotic! We don't have time for civil discourse! I have a mandate! It's for 9/11 for God's sake!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Who actually one a majority of the votes nationwide? Not the one from the past eight years! Who actually beat their opponent handily by electoral votes instead of by hanging chads and 537 votes in one state? Not the one from the past eight years!

So no, I don't see any reason why the new administration should make the changes gradual. I'm sure that some of the changes that are directly in his control will be made on 1/21/09. But a lot of changes will be made on a slow but sure method just because that is the method he has shown to follow.

You lost. Get over it, just like I was told eight and four years ago.

Carol your point is proven

by the number of people in Congress that got re-elected???

I say throw all the bums out, no matter the party!

30+ years in the Congress and your happy with them, come on peopel???

Just for the record......I have never heard of a "used car salesman" with a Harvard Law degree!!!!!

The American people were sick and tired of the same old politics from the same old people who should have went home years ago! The World was crying for change and the people of this free democracy PROVED that change was long over due. The entire world has an opportunity to now share in this great evolution of for the people, by the people, and with the people. Whether you feel it or it believe it is totally up to you.... we all are connected. Barak Obama understands this and was well beyond implementing this theology before we even knew who he was. It is what it is.....DEAL WITH IT! YES WE CAN and YES WE DID!

Piece by Piece

Although Obama won both the electoral vote and popular vote, millions of Americans did not vote for him and oppose his proposals on issues such as healthcare. In order to gain a broad support from both sides of the political spectrum and the American people, I agree he will need to approach change gradually, yet confidently.

This guy is a far left radical

He is going to move as fast a possible to left in the hope that by the time anyone trys to stop him it will be too late.

The American people elected a used car saleman with a great pitch

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John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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