Obama and shifting to the right...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

I believe that President Obama has indeed caved into political pressure to be more outspoken on Iran than experts, Republican experts, like Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and the like, would otherwise suggest.

This is not the only front on which he is trying to move to the center, or the perceived center, of the political/discursive/rhetorical spectrum.

The apppointment of Tim Geithner and Larry Somers to the Treasury Secretary and Economic Council Chairman position, respectively, signaled that two Wall Street insiders with serious ties to the financial industry, in favor of corporate-friendly policies, would get to set financial/economic policy. The results are less than overwhelming.

Further exampes to follow as the days and weeks proceed.

1 comments:

Sherman said...

In complete agreement. Monetary and fiscal policy has not changed and the same interests are benefiting from administration policy.

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