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...Anti-Bush If there is one thematic frame that has infused almost every action of the early Obama Administration, it has been this: Obama is no George W. Bush. He won't interrogate prisoners like Bush. He won't operate Guantánamo Bay like Bush. He won't accept lobbyists into his Administration like Bush. He will court the opposition party much more seriously than Bush did. He is unlikely to even keep the Bush request for a new helicopter to transport the President around the Washington D.C. region. "The helicopter I now have seems perfectly adequate...
...When it comes to the week ahead, Obama is likely to focus his anti-Bush message on the rather technical subject of budget gimmickry. Obama previewed this line of reasoning on Monday, when he kicked off a fiscal summit at the White House. "For too long, our budget process in Washington has been an exercise in deception," Obama announced. "We do ourselves no favors by hiding the truth about what we spend." In specific terms, this means accounting for expenses like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as natural disasters as part of the normal budget process...
...George W. Bush's biggest economic mistakes...
...this ambiguity is likely to remain after Tuesday's speech, Obama will be obligated to explain how he views the ongoing international violence and shifting threats. Expect the President to combine a continued determination for victory against terrorist threats with a cautious explanation of the difficult challenges ahead. President Bush did himself great political harm by repeatedly offering rosy projections about the war in Iraq that later proved to be unfounded. Obama, who inherited Bush's military engagements, is not likely to repeat that mistake...
...friend for a very powerful Washington job, director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), it seemed safe to assume that the appointment would be treated as good news by the environmental, labor and consumer groups that have been in despair for most of the Bush years...