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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	TIME FOR A REAL CHANGE
	Date:	10/24/2008 4:20:26 PM

I find this thread really interesting. Most changes for the good or bad take years to come to fruition. Bad decisions by Alan Greenspan are just now being felt. Remember how the Republicans claimed that all the good economic news that came out under Clinton was really the result of actions taken by Bush I?
I don't like the Democratic Congress any more than the rest of you, but I don't think you can blame them for what is happening now. Some of this originated during the Clinton years (Clinton appointed Greenspan), some of it results from decisions made during "w"'s first term. Bad assumptions are bad assumptions, just like bad policy is bad policy regardless of which side promotes it.

Keep in mind that whomever wins in November will not take office until the end of January. Then they have to nominate their cabinet secretaries who have to be confirmed. They won't be on board until March at least. Then they have to pick their confirmation appointments of Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries, and that usually doesn't happen until sometime in the summer or later. Staffs are gearing up briefings for their principles. Nothing much happens the first year. So that leaves 3 years for "change". And major changes don't move quickly -- more like glaciers with staffs. That's why everyone needs two terms if they are going to accomplish anything. Everyone comes into office all fired up, but the truth is most of them have no idea what it will take to make those changes -- the legal issues, policy issues, affordability issues. Creating new systems, policies, etc costs a lot of money. Then of course, there are the lobbyists who appeal to every level to water down or sway every change.

My only point is that neither of the candidates are going to be able to effect all the changes they want, not to the extent they want to, and usually not within their first term. So I wouldn't get too excited.