Change from the Top (Kathleen Parker) from the Washington Post
"Setting aside the obvious -- his use of complete sentences, free of words yet to be discovered -- he is uniquely positioned to change the world on multiple levels."
Obama Steps Up to the Plate on the Economy (Michael Duffy) from Time Magazine
"Taking effective control of U.S. economic policy two months before he will be sworn into office, President-elect Barack Obama promised an "aggressive" economic recovery plan in the first month of 2009 that will include tax cuts and new spending on jobs, energy infrastructure, health care and education."
"'Obama has Secured the Best Economic Expertise Available'" from Der Spiegel [in English]
"German commentators expressed their approval for Obama's choices, agreeing with its implicit sentiment that now is no time for rookies."
Lest We Forget (Paul Krugman) from the New York Times
"A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists and finance officials, discussing — what else? — the crisis. There was a lot of soul-searching going on. One senior policy maker asked, “Why didn’t we see this coming?” There was, of course, only one thing to say in reply, so I said it: “What do you mean ‘we,’ white man?”
Obama's Bush Doctrine (E.J. Dionne) from the Washington Post
"In electing Barack Obama, the country traded the foreign policy of the second President Bush for the foreign policy of the first President Bush.
A Command of the Law (Roger Cohen) from the New York Times
"President Bush had one overriding criterion in choosing his inner circle: loyalty. The result was nobody would pull the plug on stupidity. Obama wants the kind of competence and brainpower that challenge him. The God-gut decision-making of The Decider got us in this mess. Getting out of it will require an Oval Office where smart dissent is prized."
Obama Family Visits Food Bank from Daily Kos
"The Obama family made a surprise visit to a Chicago church food bank earlier today to help distribute meals, according to a pool report filed today by Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News. After 40 minutes or so, the soon-to-be first family visited with students at the parochial school attached to the church, where they answered questions and got in a little teasing at the expense of the Secret Service."
Turbulence Ahead (Peggy Noonan) from the Wall Street Journal
"What the Obama transition has become is historically unprecedented. He is filling the vacuum created by a collapsed incumbency and an acute economic crisis. He is moving forward with what looks like a high, if ad hoc, awareness of the delicacy of the situation."
So Far, So Very Good from the Economist
"Obama’s staff choices that provide the best indications as to what sort of president he will turn out to be. And so far the signs are encouraging, both in terms of the process and the results."
Why the Right Needs Realists (Ross Douthat) from the Atlantic
"Which ideological camp might drift back into the Republican Party over time. The easy answer is the realists - that's where they mostly came from in the first place, after all."
Bush's Last Days: The Lamest Duck (Joe Klein) from Time Magazine
"By mid-November, with the financial crisis growing worse by the day, it had become obvious that one President was no longer enough (at least not the President we had). So, in the days before Thanksgiving, Obama began to move — if not to take charge outright, then at least to preview what things will be like when he does take over in January."
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