Gandalf: The key here is who is surrounding Obama, not Obama himself. As you yourself pointed out, there is a significant amount of “business as usual” going on right now and exactly because of Rubin, Summers and Geithner. Every single one of these guys has fingerprints all over this mess, and there are plenty of other culprits out there as well.
I’m not pointing at Obama and blaming him. I am, however, pointing at Obama’s CHOICES and asking why? If we are discussing change and getting away from the nonsense of the Bush and Clinton years, then why are we doing EXACTLY the same thing?
All of this sound and fury from both sides of the aisles (exemplified by the extremists in both parties) is doing nothing other than obscuring the true picture, but that is precisely why it is happening. This nonsense is well planned and well executed and conveniently keeps our attention away from the real picture and how truly awful that picture is.
