The Obama Revolution

[ClarkUSA]

If President Obama has his way on the budget, or most of it, history will write of three political revolutions in this
country in a little less than a century -- Roosevelt's, Reagan's and Obama's.

Unlike the New Deal, which for all the freneticism of the First Hundred Days, actually unfolded in stages, with Social Security
waiting until Roosevelt’s third year, Barack Obama moved last week on every front... Obama is not only unwinding
Reagan’s policies, he is offering a Rooseveltian paradigm that justifies big government pragmatically—by arguing
that what matters is not the size of government, but how it works.

In advancing that project... the President’s advisers won’t rule out overcoming the 60-vote barrier in the Senate by
reverting to so-called “reconciliation” legislation, which isn’t subject to filibuster. It’s out of the ordinary and the
Republicans will scream—but Reagan did it. It is possible for Obama to make his revolution with a majority in the House
and just 50 votes plus Biden, the constitutional tie-breaker, in the Senate.

And it is a revolution. Beyond the headlines about trillions of dollars, record deficits, and the emergence of Rush Limbaugh
as de facto leader of the Republican Party, there is the sweeping scope of the Obama program and the very real
likelihood that—yes, he can—most of it will be written into the laws and life of America. The architecture of change
is breath-taking; in Newt Gingrich’s view, Obama’s budget represents the “European socialist” model, a cliché
that combines two of the right’s preferred slurs... Obama’s new America will be very American, a reach for
enduring values of equality, opportunity and economic justice... Republicans may jeer and the Limbaughs may
sneer and smear—but it won’t matter. Today, it’s the Obama Revolution.

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[Terry in Austin]

1. Cool! Got any links for us?

TIA

[ClarkUSA]

2. There ya go.

[regnaD kciN]

3. Written by Bob Shrum...

Let's hope his political/economic analysis is a bit more on-target than his campaign strategies!

[ClarkUSA]

4. lol! He knows his history and has lived through many a failed anti-Reagan Democratic effort.

[regnaD kciN]

6. I hope you're right, because...

...what he has written there is pretty damned inspiring!

[ClarkUSA]

8. It is...

... inspiring and it's true. And damn, it feels good to feel this way after eight years of BushCo.

[liberal N proud]

5. The speed at which Obama is moving is history making alone

Has any President done so much so quickly?

[ClarkUSA]

7. "Has any President done so much so quickly?"

Nope. :)

[uponit7771]

9. Yeap, Obama negates RayGun ideals.....how ironic

[Clio the Leo]

10. "Cant you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men..."

"It's the story of a people who will not be broke again!"

Makes you want to dance in the streets, dont it? :)

[regnaD kciN]

11. Just as long as you don't remember...

...what happened to the people who were singing that song.

[Clio the Leo]

12. Well, the version I saw, they all ended up with more money and they bought more pie...

.... but it was a bootleg, so it could have had a different ending than the real one. :)

[Undercurrent]

13. I'm a happy camper!

Our President is moving at lightening speed, and in the right direction.

[Cha]

14. Shrum has this one

right..and anyone can feel the Obama Revolution who doesn't have an agenda to work against it.

We're just in the embryonic, growing pain stage now but there is so much good to come but only by being ever vigilant and fighting the limpbaughs of the country every step of the way.

[ClarkUSA]

16. "anyone can feel the Obama Revolution who doesn't have an agenda to work against it"

:thumbsup:

[Cha]

18. Oh

Kick!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. Love It! Great Article :)

I really appreciate getting the process broken down into understandable peices, and a bit of history too. Helps me understand better.

Wow, how cool to be here in this amazing time! Growing pains now in the beginning.... as Cha said.

[psychopomp]

17. Make it so

:kick: