O's neo-Wilsonian turn

[devaretha]

I think being out in the country puts Barack in a good mood. He just shines at these town halls. I think that Axelrod should schedule them relatively frequently. After too long in DC, I think he starts to look like a wilted plant, but hey, who can blame him for that? Politically, this direct contact with the American people is a source of enormous

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[fried_pearl]

I was watching last night and thought he was great. Then Bart called about halfway through the press conference and I missed the rest of it. However, I did get the opportunity to share my views about the stimulus bill with him (he asked). He harbors bizarre right-wing views on most subjects, but the economic downturn has hit him where he lives. I told him the stimulus package was like triage, before you can do anything else you have to stop the bleeding and stabilize the patient. Sometimes what you do to save the patient doesn't look so pretty, but at least they lived.
Getting out there and showing people that he cares about them is good for everyone. Right now, though, I'd like to see the 1st and 2nd line management of every corporation that needs a bailout fired. The 3rd and 4th lines could step in and do the jobs, and they would be more than happy to make $500K! They are doing most of the work anyway.

[devaretha]

Right now, though, I'd like to see the 1st and 2nd line management of every corporation that needs a bailout fired.

Amen. And Amen. Apparently, this is what David Axelrod wanted too, but Tim Geithner thought that was too radical. I'm not liking Timmy very much and I don't care for Summers either, to be honest. They're smart guys, but they're too used to the way things have always been and too sympathetic to the Wall Street yahoos who got us into this mess.

[fried_pearl]

I would kick their sorry, classist asses out the door. I'd march them out with security like the rest of Americans who have been let go lately. I'd have every media group outside filming them, too, walking out with their pathetic cardboard box of personal belongings under armed guards. Then lets see just how smug and superior they feel, how deserving of ill-gotten gains they think they are. I can tell you they aren't doing the hard work. The folks right under them are, and they'd be more than willing to take over.

[anonymous]

But then again, I remember reading Obama was apparently really tired of the campaign trail and travel, and wanted to nest in DC and all that... Still, if he's away from DC, better on the road in the US than holed up Crawford (better for us, that is)!
RY

[devaretha]

Oh, I can imagine he was totally worn out! But what was once the high-stakes daily grind can now be a regular field trip. And who doesn't like field trips?!