President 2.0

I see this as a problem. what if someone comes up with very popular policy that is terrible? Lets say, for example, that "teaching zoroastrianism in schools" becomes a widely supported policy in states where zoroastrianism has a wide following. Well when the govt has to make the obvious decision, "no", then all the evangelical zoroastrians will be up in arms accusing the govt of not heeding their widely supported idea.

Theres a reason why Obama won, it was because America needs someone with an IQ at least in the double digits forming policy. Im not confident that the internet is the place to go for that.

I think mass town halls, etc., on the Internet could be the new-millenium version of FDR's "Fireside Chats" where he continually got in touch with and comforted the nation via radio broadcasts during the Great Depression. It's a wonderful idea and could truly enable the next level or real democracy.

Today PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA introduced his Financial team. how refreshing it was to hear from our new President. as he carefully explained his early steps to help our country recover from the disaster of 8 years of Republican Rule. You find yourself listening and wanting to do your part to help him. What a contrast to president Bush who can't put a sentence together without blundering and only has "IT's Hard Work", to offer.

I fail to see why everyone is so surprised at President Obama. I have followed him since I heard him speak at the 2004 Convention. I had been a lifelong financially conservative person (and still am) I was also - back in 2004 - totally disquested with Bush - Senator, Candidate and President Obama have never strayed from his original message. The only differance is that our present administration under bush and his "ne'r do well friends" quotation from President Regan messed up the nation and the worlds economies beyond all belief with their criminal and fraudulent doings. They should be jailed. Thank God that he cannot pardon himself.

So if I'm reading this correctly, Obama is only interested in hearing from the people that voted for him on this new web council idea? I mean why use WhiteHouse.org and talk to everybody... lets just talk to the people who voted for me... its not like I'm President of the whole country or anything. So should the 55 million of us who voted for the other guy move to the southern states and secede or something? I mean the new President isn't interested in our opinions anyway... what would he care?

While I'm commenting on it... I thought a vote for Obama was a vote for change... when did nominating former Clinton cabinet members to your cabinet constitute change? Way to go Oh and no changes in the tax laws for at least two years... "I promise to take public financing... well at least until I get the Democratic nomination... and then I'm going private so I can get my Iranian buddies to support my campaign without having to disclose who they are." Boy we are in for a great four years. I just hope he can turn the water to wine at his inaugeration... going to be a revolt if he doesn't.

@TheTruth01
Reading your post, I am extremely thankful that we have a President elect that is NOTHING like you whatsoever.

It's moronic spew like yours that keeps this country divided - in fact that has kept it divided for the past 8 years. You speak of whining? That's pretty much all you and those like you have done ever since George Bush was elected.

Before you react from the gut again, read this and consider it well. To a large degree, who you have to thank for Obama's election are conservative Republicans like myself who crossed party lines to vote for the better man. We took a chance, which has since been validated, that he would in fact govern more from the center than from the rabid idiotic leftist stance that those like you take. In fact, I've been greatly surprised since MY candidate Obama won - in that he appears to be slanting not only more toward the center, but toward the center-right.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/us/politics/24bipartisan.html

You'd do well to take your own advice about keeping your mouth shut and removing all doubt that you are a fool - if you are half the fool you appear, you REALLY should follow that advice.

@TheTruth01
Reading your post, I am extremely thankful that we have a President elect that is NOTHING like you whatsoever.

It's moronic spew like yours that keeps this country divided - in fact that has kept it divided for the past 8 years. You speak of whining? That's pretty much all you and those like you have done ever since George Bush was elected.

Before you react from the gut again, read this and consider it well. To a large degree, who you have to thank for Obama's election are conservative Republicans like myself who crossed party lines to vote for the better man. We took a chance, which has since been validated, that he would in fact govern more from the center than from the rabid idiotic leftist stance that those like you take. In fact, I've been greatly surprised since MY candidate Obama won - in that he appears to be slanting not only more toward the center, but toward the center-right.

You'd do well to take your own advice about keeping your mouth shut and removing all doubt that you are a fool - if you are half the fool you appear, you REALLY should follow that advice.

paulte: "What is the point of campaign finance reform when you have this kind of baloney?"
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The Republicans turned campaign finance "reform" into baloney, with all sorts of ways to get around the reforms. Obama never promised to use public financing as the Republicans claim. But it's true he did promise to "agressively pursue" an agreement on publlic financing with the Republicans, which he never really did. That's one promise he was wise to break. He would have been a fool to keep it because he would have gotten steam-rollered by the lying Republican attack ads financed by shady outside groups that saturated the media before the election.

And Obama got REAL public financing from millions of small donors through his web-based campaign. I donated 3 bucks to McCain by checking the box on my income tax return, but I donated several hundred bucks out of my own free choice to Obama. I went over the $200 limit that the corporate media dishonestly has claimed was the difference between "big" donors and small donors, but I am far from wealthy. Some of Obama's most devoted supporters who donated more than I did and who maxed out at $2300 did so by making small donations weekly or monthly over a period of many months, even though they had incomes in the Joe-the-Plumber range of $40K per year (not the $250K that "Joe" claimed he was going to make when he lied to the next President of the United States.).

Now the corporate media are going to savage Obama like they did Clinton even before Clinton took offfice, so I hope Obama will continue to use the Internnet to get around the "media filter" that the Republicans are always whining about. The filter does exist, but its a pro-Republican filter, not a pro-Democrat filter since the corporate media naturally favors the party that favors big corporations over the welfare of the public, and that's the GOP.

Yes, he milked the web good and proper when he went back on his campaign promise and refused the federal funds so that he could go ahead and buy the election. What did he spend to get elected? Probably close to a billion. What is the point of campaign finance reform when you have this kind of baloney?

Now I hear he intends to go back on his campaign pledge to take back the tax cuts from the over $250,000 crowd. Well, that's a good promise to break! After all in this day and age with two-wage earners in a family, $250K is not exactly a princely sum. And when you think of big mortgages and kids in college, that money goes pretty fast!

What else? Oh, yes, his campaign pledge for change. Filling his cabinet with Clinton cronies to include the wicked witch of the west herself as Secretary of State!

I think the one good thing he did was to get rid of Hillary. Now he summons her back from Oz to take the most important cabinet post! I hope she goes around the world badmouthing him and challenges him in 2012 for the nomination. This seems like a never-ending drama!

I really have a lot of faith in Democrats (people ignorant of economics and finance) to solve this intractable economic and financial mess. Just wait for the next 9/11 under this clown! God help America! We really need the help now!

a blackberry?????? shouldn't joe cool have an iphone>? next is uppose you'll tell me he uses windows. and hotmail. and watches dancing with the stars. on a zune. lieberman uber alles!

http://politiqs.tommyjonq.com

Please keep the Blackberry and all the emails. Just makes it easier to follow the crash. See ya in 2 and 4 years after all the SH***Y policies go down in flames. You think he's different? Same game different teams.

It's going to be a rough 4-8 years for you guys, isn't it?

The picture for this article reminds me of a scene from the movie "1984".