The Presidential candidate Barack Obama ran on the motto of “change”, yet his cabinet appointments are very familiar faces. And many of his appointments are former adversaries.
The Republican party has always been seen as the pro-business party and Democrats as anti-business.
Now the lame duck Republican president is being criticized by his party for supporting the Automobile industry bailout and the Democrats are fully supporting it. I guess the Democrats see this as entirely consistent; whatever George Bush does is stupid.
The normally adversarial UAW is now supporting the business leaders’ appeals; but, one might ask, is this to help these businesses, or to help themselves? But I really can’s criticize them for that.
Business leaders are declaring that they will try to "hang on" until a more receptive Democratic President is in office.
The most divisive Senator in Washington, Harry Reid, is now calling for bi-partisan support of the newly elected President, saying he was elected as the President of "all the people"; to "give him a chance", and the need to "reach across the aisle". I wonder where this call for unity and support was when our President Bush needed it.
Friday, December 12, 2008
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