Obama’s “Meet the New Boss” Moments
STRATFOR:
Clinton voted to authorize the Iraq war — a major bone of contention between Obama and her during the primaries. She is also a committed free trade advocate, as was her husband, and strongly supports continuity in U.S. policy toward Israel and Iran. Geithner comes from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he participated in crafting the strategies currently being implemented by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Everything Obama is doing with his appointments is signaling continuity in U.S. policy.
If I may pay tribute to Dylan for a moment, you don’t need a Weatherman to see which way the wind is blowing (with apologies to Bill Ayers, of course); and I guess you don’t need STRATFOR to see Obama is not really going to bring about a whole lot of change, either; but their analysis of Obama’s first moves explains way more than that, so give it a read.
