Pres.-elect Obama continues to walk on water (Update)

*And, not only has he succeeded in ways that nobody imagined he could, he has made nary a significant mistake. That’s a record unmatched in our time.

And
Democrats have been so disappointing to progressives these last two years is that their years in the wilderness have made them ‘smart’. Of course, another explanation is that they’re also nearly as bought-off as the GOP, but what I mean by this is that they have learned from their past experience and have therefore resisted doing anything remotely courageous with their majority powers – like basic oversight, investigation, impeachment, ending the war in Iraq or national healthcare, for instance. From the perspective of a political party seeking only to aggrandize power, one might see why.

And
There is, in short, good reason for suspicion and even anger on the left. I’m not there yet, and hope not to be. Not because I’m a Barack groupie. Far from it. My attitude toward him and anyone else is to wait and see before judging. In any case, I remain still rather hopeful for two reasons. One is that conditions are already pushing the new administration and the country inexorably to the left. And the other is that, within some minor limitations, I really don’t care who is secretary of this or secretary of that.

“We’ve only begun…..”
- (Sen. Reid) Me and my friends here have only begun to show your uppity-ass how we will not support you nor your administration. Eventhough not seating Roland Burris in the Senate this month is a situation at hand, I promise you: You ain’t seen nothing yet! We‘ll have you and Michelle on your knees beggin’ for mercy, you Muslin! (I understand Harry Reid’s father committed suicide and also heard a parent or parents who commit suicide have children growing up being emotionally un-stable.)
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*What to Expect While We're Expecting
By DAVID MICHAEL GREEN
http://counterpunch.com/green01012009.html

(Update)
Is Reid opposed to Burris because he's a Progressive?
by fflambeau
Fri Jan 02, 2009 at 02:05:01 AM PST


Excerpt, the all important opening paragraph.
“Why the determined opposition by the footdragger, Harry Reid to Roland Burris as Senator from Illinois? It cannot be because he sees Burris as corrupt since no one has made that claim and since Burris in 16 years of public office in Illinois was seen as squeaky clean. Remember too that Blago still is the Governor of Illinois and had the responsibility, indeed the duty to make an appointment.”