Obama's Competent Change

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http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/obamas-competent-change.html

Obama's Competent Change

By Craig Crawford | January 7, 2009 6:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (53)



With each new announcement of Barack Obama's choices for those who will help him govern, most seem to reinforce a pattern that defines his style. Call it Competent Change.

The sometimes radical feel of his campaign -- the hip poster art, web savvy outreach and appeals to anti-war voters -- led many who watched Obama's operation, and probably a lot of his supporters, to think that Washington was in for a sweeping overhaul run by outsiders.

Instead, Obama's idea of change seems to be less dramatic than advertised. But that does not mean that the status quo will be maintained. He is building a team that brings competence and experience to the work of making a difference.

Changing Washington from the inside requires players who actually know ow the place works.

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1. "a sweeping overhaul run by outsiders."

And anyone who thought that was simply mistaken.

The message was never about changing the people, but changing the method.

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2. "Changing the method"

The latest crew will be drinking Pinot Noir rather than Chardonnay when they attend their power cocktail parties?