Reply #80: Hey, have you ever really listened to Obama's speeches?

[Bluenorthwest]

I always wonder if the folks who desire a pep rally mentality even bother to listen to our President Elect, now or during the long campaign. Obama constantly says he does not just want our input, but that he needs it. He asks for it every chance he gets.
So what posters like you ask is simply not what PE Obama has asked, and frankly Obama is right. You think he wishes to have a cabinet free of yes men, but wishes a country of citizen yes men? In my experience, Barack Obama is able to say what he wants, and and thus far has not seemed to need anyone to run around trying to protect him from alternative points of view.