Obama Signals Comprehensive Action

Rightwing pundits [who ought to have their credibility licences revoked] have been wrong about every major policy area in the last eight years.

Now they're telling Obama to go slow and be mindful that the last election demonstrates that we are a center-right nation demanding only slight changes in the direction of foreign and domestic policy, and indeed rightwing prescriptions for the crises that ail us.

You want to help Americans make a living : Listen to the economists in the Wall Street Journal.

You want to help Americans get health care: Let people choose to pay for it or not get it. [Wisconsin's Paul Ryan is big on that.]

Obama might be listening, but thankfully he's not heeding their advice.

And Obama continues his outreach directly to Americans. Good for him, good for us.

From Change.gov:

The President-elect has directed the Transition's economic team to develop the details of a plan for a two-year, nationwide effort to strengthen our economy. It will center around jobs rebuilding crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools, and making America a leader in alternative energy.

After another week of devastating economic news, it's clearer than ever that dramatic action is needed to chart a new path for our economy that gets jobs and wages growing again.

We will continue to use Change.gov as a way to keep everyone up to date on the Transition -- including the economic team's progress.

While pundits are enthralled by such frivolous details as the personalities of the latest appointments and who is going to draw media attention, Obama appears serious about solving problems, amassing intellectual fire power to develop and implement his policy prescriptions during a dangerous period in American history.