Obama: 'The vision for change comes from me'

[bigtree]

Obama: I'm the one with vision of future

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday bristled at suggestions he's filling his administration with old Washington hands.

At his third news conference in as many days in Chicago, Obama said he is not looking to the people he's appointing for a vision of the future.

"The vision for change comes from me," Obama said after announcing his formation of a President's Economic Advisory Board, modeled after former President Dwight Eisenhower's intelligence advisory board.

"The old ways of thinking and the old ways of acting just won't do."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/26/Obama_Im_the_one_with_vision_of_future/UPI-73741227716954/

[Lex]

1. He sets the policy and the vision and his appointments follow through.

Sounds reasonable to me.

[babylonsister]

2. Excellent. So now the nervous nellies can STFU. nt

[John Q. Citizen]

4. I've never been a proponent of the STFU school of argumentation. I know it works well

for bullies and for tyrants, but it does nothing for me.

Just sayin...

[babylonsister]

6. I'm talking about people like Tweety who tried to provoke drama

where there was none. The talking heads were all agog that Obama would select people with more economic chops than he has and might twist his agenda. To them, a wholehearted STFU.

To clarify.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Uh-huh. Count me skeptical.

Same faces, same lobbyists, same policies. All I'm seeing is triangulation redux.

[Indenturedebtor]

7. Unfortunately I think that the alternative would be Bushesque

Simply appointing people like "Brownie" because you like where they stand ideologically, regardless of their experience/effectiveness would be bad leadership.

Getting capable people who may disagree with you but will follow orders is probably a better strategy.

If anyone sabotages his plans who is supposed to be enacting them, I'm sure he'll get rid of that person.

[Idealism]

9. Yeah because brining in people from the best economic times we've had as a country would be bad

what?

[Shine]

5. I don't have a problem with that.

:thumbsup: Good for him. Good for us.

[Lex]

8. Having some established players in place, gives Obama cover to push

for some bold changes in the economy, healthcare, environment, etc.

[shanti]

10. i'm glad he's clarifying this

did anyone really think he was going to just sit back and let everyone else make the decisions? barack is extremely intelligent, unlike the chimp-in-charge. all this hand-wringing needs to quit!

[BlooInBloo]

11. Heh - as if it had been unclear.

EDIT: Reworded.

[bigtree]

12. I don't there's enough acknowledgement by the critics of the critics

. . . that there will be some level of influence on Pres. Obama by these folks he's surrounding himself with. It's what he intends. It's not unreasonable to express concern about which voices might influence him the most, especially on issues where he may not have enough experience to make an independent decision. Certainly, as acknowledged by Mr. Obama himself, there will be times where we profoundly disagree. That's not 'hand-wringing.' it's a very valid and vital expression of our democracy. I think Mr. Obama expects and appreciates the input.