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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Undoing the Bush Legacy

Undoing the Bush Legacy:
Most people who cast ballots on Super Tuesday believed they were voting not just for a new face in the White House but also for sweeping new policies. Few believe a President McCain, Romney, Obama or Clinton would hew to all of the policies of Bush and Cheney--and even fewer believe they should.

Yet that certainty may be misplaced. When the next President is sworn in, the clammy fingers of the Bush Administration may still be wrapped around vital national policies. Even in the past few weeks, the Administration began entrenching strategic policies that are core to its ideological commitments in national security.

Acting largely in secret, the Administration is moving to tie down the next White House--Republican or Democratic--in ways that will prove hard to unravel. Whether or not it succeeds depends on the vigilance of Congress and the public.


I just sent this to both the Clinton and Obama campaigns through their respective Web sites:
Senator Obama|Clinton,

With reference to "Undoing the Bush Legacy" (The Nation, February 8, 2008, http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080225/huq), what are your plans regarding rolling back the most disastrous policies of the Bush administration? It's welcome, but not enough to state that you will do things differently; we need to know that you will take strong interest in reversing the treacherous course of the last seven years.

Thank you.


I don't expect a personal response but I would like to think that questions like this are actually read.
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