tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post7128102788832844084..comments2023-10-29T10:41:21.303-04:00Comments on Castro's Favorite Color: Obama’s Progressive Project Is Changing WashingtonHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914637175040341245noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post-41453703456102275802010-05-25T18:25:27.955-04:002010-05-25T18:25:27.955-04:00Obama's progressive project may be changing Wa...Obama's progressive project may be changing Washington, but it's not winning hearts and minds across America.<br /><br />For all the effort on healthcare, it's only a beginning and where's the public option.<br /><br />As far as financial reform is concerned, well it unfortunately appears to be mostly Kabuki theatre for the benefit of politicians (who look tough) and banksters (who have been publicly scolded, and who can now go back to counting their bonuses).<br /><br />Here's link to a piece that pretty much sums up how I'm feeling about the Obama presidency at the moment.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-hindery-jr/leopards-cant-change-thei_b_588491.html<br /><br />And for what it's worth, he and his administration couldn't appear any more impotent than they do right now with tens of thousands of barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf daily, as a direct result of the negligence of a foreign oil company.<br /><br />When the repubs get power, they transform the nation, and usually not for the better. When the democrats get the white house and congress, they pass legislation at the margins, which doesn't fundamentally challenge the status quo and fails to reflect the progressive ideals they ran on.<br /><br />TTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com