Besides being able to form basic sentances, I see one primary difference so far between Obama and Bush.

Obama’s cabinet is being filled with dishonest politically connected self serving cheat, who at least initially appear to be highly qualified for the job that they are appointed to do.

Bush’s cabinet was filled with dishonest, politically connected self serving cheats, who absolutely didn’t have a clue how to do the job they were appointed to do.

I think the lesson here is that any and every politician is going to be surrounded by the stink of corruption and lobbyist influence. Not a single one of them will smell like a rose in this environment. But some politicians will actually make an attempt to legislate in a way that actually benefits the most Americans, not just a few well connected Wall Street buddies. Obama at least for now, appears to be trying to fix some things, even if he is still a true politician, and therefore inder the influence of “the interests” to borrow a phrase from Homer J. Stokes.