Obama Anoints Another Czar: This Time To Regulate Pay

As Senator and former Presidential candidate John McCain said on Twitter, “Obama has more czars than the Romanovs – who ruled Russia for 3 centuries.”

Evidently, Obama doesn’t agree that he’s overdoing it naming “czars” to control every aspect of American life; this morning he named a pay czar to control what America’s publically traded companies can pay their executives, according to Fox News.

In what many are perceiving as a power grab by the Executive Branch, Obama now has appointed over 20 “czars” who are independent from the other branches of government and who answer to no one other than Obama himself.

Obama’s czars have pretty much absolute control over their particular area or sector.  We now have czars for a number of things including the auto industry, energy, and now what people get paid.

For the President, this is a quick and thorough solution to get things his way because, by naming a czar to run things, and naming a person who will only answer to him, he avoids tangles with Congress and the Courts.

Instead of naming czars, with all due respect Mr. President, you should be looking to your Cabinet!

Compensation Czar to Oversee Executive Pay – NYTimes.com 

 

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Summers Received Hundreds Of Thousands In Speaking Fees From TARP Recipients

Well, having a banking insider in the Administration sure explains why there are differences in how this Administration handles these bankers as opposed to our auto industry!
Some change!
I guess it’s still true in Washington that it all comes down to money and the amount spread around!
More on Larry Summers
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

 

Change Means Also Admitting Mistake For Obama

The word “change” was the mantra for both parties in last year’s elections but Obama impressed us, during his campaign, as the only candidate who took the word seriously enough to reverse the puffed-up, stubborn, and failed policies of the previous Administration and truly respect the American people.

Today, Obama made good on his promise to change how things are done in D. C. by admitting the he “screwed up” in not vetting his cabinet nominees thoroughly enough.

Tom Daschle, Obama’s nominee for HHS Secretary, announced today that he asked President Obama to withdraw his name for consideration after Dashcle was found to be in serious IRS tax trouble.  Daschle is not the first nominee with tax problems but his are so serious that he felt it would be better to take his name out of nomination rather than have the press focus on him and his problems instead of the tasks at hand including fixing Amercan health care.

Obama took responsibility for mistakes in his decision making (see video):

 
After years of stubborn rebuttal and defense of mistaken decisions – even in the face of outright and obvious failures (i.e., the decision to invade Iraq; that the “fundamentals of economy are strong” during the financial meltdown), it’s a relief and feels like a breath of fresh air to actually hear our new President taking responsibility for not vetting his nominees thoroughly enough. 

To take responsibility and admit your mistakes is what a “big” person does, as we were told when we were children; but, most importantly, admitting mistake is the first step to fixing the situation rather than just continuing the downward spiral into failure.

 

Obama Will Name Secretary of State on Monday

The waiting is over!

According to the NY Times, Obama will name Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State on Monday after he and the Clintons reached an agreement to release information vital to her confirmation vetting.

His decision to name Clinton to one the most powerful cabinet posts is being met, for the most part, with praise…and that includes from Republicans too!  Earlier, Obama announced that he will be retaining Defense Secretary Gates for at least his first year in office, making his decision the first time a President has retained the Pentagon head from the previous Administration of a different party, according the NY Times.

Although a few on the far left are not happy with Obama’s centrist selections – all appointments so far are either from the Clinton or Bush administrations – his appointments are generally being viewed as his keeping his campaign promise of ending partisan divisiveness and to consider members of both parties selecting the best for the job.

Indeed, so far so good.  Senator John Warner, Republican from Virginia, said Obama’s selection process “further strengthens the growing respect for the president-elect’s courage and ability to exercise sound judgment in selecting the best and the brightest to implement our nation’s security policies,” according to the NY Times.

To read the entire NY Times article click this link: 

Clinton to Be Introduced as Part of Obama Security Team – NYTimes.com

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