5 Great Progressive Columnists' Advice and Ideas on the Coming Obama Era

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5 Great Progressive Columnists' Advice and Ideas on the Coming Obama Era
By , AlterNet
Posted on November 29, 2008, Printed on November 29, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/109072/

The following are five recent articles by AlterNet columnists on the issues Obama and his supporters face during the presidential transition.

Amy Goodman: How Obama Can Help Redeem the White House

On Inauguration Day, Obama could outlaw torture. It would be a tribute to those slaves who built his new home, the White House.
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Sean Gonsalves: Obama's Opening Moves

Now is the time to mobilize so we can establish the style, pace and structure of Obama's presidency.
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Robert Scheer:Cold War Hawks Hovering Around Obama

Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?
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Norman Solomon: Corporate Media Try to Scare Obama Into Betraying Progressives

Bill Clinton's alleged lurch to the left in '92 is being used to push Obama to the right. Problem is, it never happened.
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David Sirota: Why Are We Shocked By Obama's Centrism?

Obama's 'grass-roots' movement revolves around him, not progressive issues.
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1. #2 gets it exactly right.

And is the best reason I can think of to keep on keepin' on, right here.

We want to make sure that we have a say what goes into The Sausage of Politics.

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2. Yep. The sausage.

I'm a guy that enjoys huevos con chorizo & a stack of corn tortillas on Sunday morning. I read the ingredients of chorizo once. That was enough. Taste won out.

I'm looking to the progressive members of congress to do some stuff. Do their thing. The door's open a crack.

Ladies & gentlemen, let the politicking begin.