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July 25, 2008
Obama Team Begins Work On Presidential Transition
Obama Team Begins Work On Presidential Transition
With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation’s 44th president, Sen. Barack Obama has directed his aides to begin planning for the transition.
"Barack is well aware of the complexity and the organizational challenge involved in the transition process and he has tasked s small group to begin thinking through the process,” a senior campaign adviser said. “Barack has made his expectations clear about what he wants from such a process, how he wants it to move forward, and the establishment and execution of his timeline is proceeding apace.”
Last month, the Post’s Shalaigh Murray reported that campaign advisers were sounding out John Podesta, a former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and currently the president of the Center for American Progress, for his advice.
An aide confirms that Podesta will probably be asked to head the transition team, which would take over from the campaign if Obama wins in November, and would be tasked with ensuring a smooth handover of power.
Podesta’s Center for American Progress is working with the Third Way think tank on a Homeland Security Presidential Transition Initiative; its director is Michael Signer, a former senior policy aide to Ex-Sen. John Edwards.
Cassandra Butts, a longtime Obama friend who is a CAP executive vice president, is working closely with Podesta.
Butts, via e-mail, would not confirm her participation in the project.
Podesta remains a close friend of both Clintons and his participation will help assuage the concerns of Clinton-era Democratic policy and political appointees who might have felt abandoned in an Obama administration.
New Presidents have only three months to complete a herculean remaking of the equivalent of ten of the world's biggest companies. Most presidential candidates don’t spend precious campaign time thinking about to do, so the questions come fast and furious: how do you your turn your ideas into policy? What do you do first? What does Congress expect? What last-minute executive orders should you overturn? What will your first 100 days look like? How will you vet and when will you appoint major cabinet secretaries and political appointees? What’s he proper balance of power between executive department? Budgets, costs, logistics?
A campaign spokesperson confirmed that transition planning had begun but would provide no further details. An adviser said that the campaign wants to keep the process as low profile as possible in order to minimize distractions.
A public announcement is planned for the fall.
“Given the myriad challenges that will face the next president, Barack would encourage Sen. McCain to begin to undertake a similar process,” the adviser said.
A McCain spokesperson said the campaign would not discuss the subject with reporters.
Wild Thing's comment.........
One word............ presumptuous! The absolute arrogance of this marxist dimwhit astounds me.
Who am I?
* Speeches in stadiums filled with mesmerized, adoring audience - Check
* An uninspiring background before meteoric rise - Check
* Creates his own new symbols of power - Check
* Associates with racists, hatemongers and Violent radicals - Check
* A propaganda machine willing to show him only in the best possible light - Check
* Uses, “glorious leader” style Agitprop posters common in totalitarian nations - Check (see German
campaign poster for example)
* Wants Secret Police force - Check
* Somebody powerful people think they can control - Check
* Often dismissed as a light-weight by his opponents - Check
* Seeks to replace God with the State - Check
* People adopting his name as their own - Check
* Inspires adoration art - Check
* Appropriates symbols of past German glory - Check
* Never plans on giving up power - Check (Obama to be president for the next “eight to 10 years”)
* A narcissistic megalomaniac - Check
* Brazenly Takes credit for other people’s accomplishments - Check
Barack Obama.
Frightened yet?
RUSH: Now, as promised, we turn to the official Obama criticizer on the EIB Network, Bo Snerdley.
SNERDLEY: Thank you. This is Bo Snerdley, Official Barack Criticizer for the EIB Network, certified, black enough to criticize with organic slave blood. I have a message. Mr. Obama, your overseas visit to, uhhh, um, Iraq, um, the war zones is (sigh), uh, proving to be a world-class embarrassment. Uh, aside from giving report to the efforts of, uh Mu-muk-muk... Muqtada al-Sadr who hates America, you've really said nothing there that you, uhhh, didn't say here, which, uhh, um it calls into question the -- let me think about it -- the, I should say the whole purpose of the trip. You continue to denigrate the efforts of our military and won't acknowledge their success -- and to make matters worse, your, uh, stuttering performance, uh, is, uh, now being, uh, held up to ridicule despite all the glowing reports from your public, uh, public relations, uh, uh, specialist, uh, agents in the media. Your performance, sir, has not made you look presidential. It has really, I want to say "harmed" your presidential chances in the eyes of those who take foreign policy seriously, uh. This has, uh, truly been a sad performance, sir.
And now an extended translation for our EIB brothers and sisters in the Hood.
A'right, dog. I'm going to come with it on you today. First up B. What's up with this Iraqi dealy, yo? We got to chill over there. We got issues here, my brother. Like gas prices, my man. You know what I'm saying? You're posing, man. You even got words how you're "pimping Bush's ride" over there, mang. And then you go over there and what's the first thing you do? You dis our troops, man! You givin' props to Mookie! Gee, man! Sadr yo? His boys was the ones flaming the IEDs on our boys and you are claiming they are the ones who want to cool us out? It was our guys that did that, yo? What you should have done if you had to go over there anyway, was just have a sit-down with old Mookie, mang. Pull out that New Yorker magazine cover -- you know, the one with you in the turban and Shelly with that AK wrapped on them, man. Tell them, "Yo, you see this, Bro? This is me and my shorty. We're going to come over there and whip some ass after I get in, yo, if you don't get things chilled." That's what diplomacy is. But then, no. What you do, man, is you give this guy props. And then, yo, look. Yo, what's up with all this stutterering, mang? You running for president, man, or are you trying to get Porky Pig's job with, "T-t-t-that's all, folks." Come on, main. Did Jesse snatch them baby makers from you, bro? What's up with that, man? You went to Harvard, yo! That's all you got: "Uh, uh, uh, uh"? Yo, even Reverend Wright doesn't come out like that. He makes it flow, man. You ever heard him say, "Uh, God d-d-d-damn America"? He make it flow, man. What's with you? Then, on top of all this, you, you go over there and you say the biggest problem in Iraq is that so many men are unemployed? No, no, no, man! The biggest problem over there is they ain't giving us our props, yo. We are the ones that killed off old Hussein -- I'm sorry, Saddam-y -- for them, man. We freed them, yo! We looking for work? You ought to go over there and tell them brothers, "Y'all need to start busy to build a pipeline to break us off some of that oil, you know what I'm saying?" But no, mang. You go over there and start talking about their unemployment? When was the last time he was in Kill-adelphia, yo? Brothers is trying to get paid over here, man, can't find no jobs. They unemployed? When's the last time you was down in Katrina, mang? Come on, Bro, what's up with that? You, you know, I'm about to check you off, Obama, man. You need to start listening. Every time you step out, you're chumping yourself, chumping off our country and our military, yo. This is not cool!
That concludes our statement.
RUSH: And that was the Official Obama Criticizer Bo Snerdley.
Posted by Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 03:55 AM
Comments
Remember that if the Zebra King wins, Hillary loses. I'm confident that the Red States of America, the Southern Gray States, and the Nader Raiders, along with the Clintonistas, will put McCain in the White House in 3 more months! PS: GOD votes CONSERVATIVE!!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at July 25, 2008 05:20 AM
Presumptuous is absolutely correct WT!!! OB-1 thinks he has the presidential race won already. It is one thing to be confident and another to be arrogant!!! Obama goes way beyond arrogance!!!
While I partially agree with Darth, I'm not convinced that McCain can pull the votes by himself. McCain needs to stand up and make himself heard and BELIEVED. Obama is telling everyone what they want to hear and he is doing it very well.
Rev. James David Manning had a clip on his ATLAH website today that may have some merit. He is suggesting that McCain choose for his VP either Colin Powell or Condoleezza Rice. His theory is that McCain could appease the black segment and pull a lot of their votes. And both would fit McCain's style in that they are not hard core conservative Republicans.
While I don't consider McCain much of a choice as far as Presidential material, he is definitely better than letting Obama win.
Posted by: John at July 25, 2008 08:27 AM
Face it folks, this nation is in trouble no matter whoever wins the White House. The only advantage I see for McCain is he will be a leader against Islamic Fascism where Obama doesn't have a clue.
Posted by: BobF at July 25, 2008 09:54 AM
If I were McCain, I would be all over this European fund-raising trip. Being American means having a strong urge to do the opposite of what the EU wants us to do. I will enjoy voting for McCain just to piss them off.
Posted by: jim warren at July 25, 2008 12:47 PM
Oh dear!!! It must really be a quandary for the Obama team to decide which size Che photo to hang on the oval office wall, which Halal foods to plan on, which Whitehouse bedroom to turn into a mosque and who has dibs on the furnishings and how to realign the time zones for prayer calls.
Presumptuous is beyond the pale. Has he addressed his campaign supporters in the Ambassador Hotel's Embassy Room ballroom?
Sadly we are reaping what the RNC and the NRCC have sown for us, they ignored the base in 2004 and again in 2006, favoring the same old RINO's over fresh new talent in key races. The result is a shift to the RINO's, or as they would say the Rockefeller Republicans.
Over loud objections Arlen Specter was appointed to the Chairman of the The Judiciary Committee.
The most important safeguard to freedom is the appointment of the supreme court justices, the RINO's put a liberal in charge.
They didn't support fresh new opposition to their RINO's and incumbent Democrats, the result is we still have Murtha, we still have Hagel, we still have Lindsey Graham,John McCain, John Warner and Olympia Snowe in the Senate, Peter Hoekstra, Ray LaHood, Terry Everett, Elton Gallegly, Heather Wilson, Jo Ann Davis, Mac Thornberry, John McHugh, Todd Tiahrt, Mike Rogers, Rick Renzi and Darrell Issa in the Congress who support Nancy Pelosi and her regime.
Some RINO's were replaced by Democrats last election they were basically unopposed by true Republicans because the RNC and NRCC didn't support them. Just more Democrats on the Republican payroll.
Posted by: Jack at July 25, 2008 01:48 PM
Bear in mind, Obama knows nothing about anything. Therefore, he will need an early start to try and stay out of the soup. McCain doesn't have that problem. Transition team or not, if Obama wins, our enemies will not hesitate to impose their will.
Posted by: jim warren at July 25, 2008 03:23 PM
Darth, giggle yes God Votes Conservative.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 07:09 PM
John, I agree, for the first time in my life I will be voting against someone instead of FOR a candidate. I am just not 100% for McCain so my vote is against Obama. Obama terrifies me so much I can't stand to think I at least did not try to keep him from winning. very deep sigh
I agree too about Obama and the presidential race. Maybe his having too much confidence will cause him to make some major mistakes that even the media won't ignore. I hope so.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 07:13 PM
BobF, yes Obama will cater to the enemy I really believe that.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 07:14 PM
Jim, yes I hope McCain does that, hammers away at Obama.
I agree too if Obama not does win it is going to send the left into a frenzy like we have never seen. Weird how we don't want him to win because we love America and they don't want McCain to win because they hate Republicans. That is a huge difference. ( whispering.....but I do not like democrats at all!! heh heh) So I guess that blow that theory. LOL
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 07:18 PM
Jack, exactly the RNC has no intention of supporting conservative candidates. It is going to have to be grass roots and get the person on ballots and elected.....somehow in the years ahead. I have already started to send emails to the ones the very few that are conservative to encourage them like Mike Pence etc. I want them to know there are conservatives behind them even if not in the same state.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 07:22 PM
Jim...." Obama knows nothing about anything"....very true. He does have an agenda and what he wants but he has no real knowledge of why America is as awesome as it has been etc. Lots of things.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 25, 2008 07:24 PM
Kind of jumping the gun isn't he?
You know, I have my own audacity, but I certainly don't count my chickens before they hatch!!!!!
sorry, Obamanation, there is NO way you are going to win. I think Americans will realize that we love our freedoms and you can't take them from us!!!
Posted by: Lynn at July 25, 2008 07:26 PM
jumping the gun??Not really!!More like jumping the Shark!!! As thin skin as this clown is if
he makes it to the white House he will implode
with in 2 years.I believe they will find him
in the oval office babbeling to him, self ba-dee
ba-dee,ba-dee what's up doc !!!!
Posted by: Tincan Sailor at July 26, 2008 12:34 AM
