I keep tuning in, hoping to find the one thing I just adore about Barack Obama. That is all it takes for me to reshuffle my feelings. I have fallen in love a few times in my life and the slick slide into love only takes one good shove down the slope. It isn't that I am a curmudgeon, I enjoy a lot of speakers, politicians, leaders. Actually, the picture taken this last week of Senator Obama in front of 10 Downing Street made me think of another thin traveling changemaker visiting the British Prime Minister, M.K. Gandhi. 
And you know how I feel about him.
So I watched Meet the Press today. It is rather early for me but I am really searching here. There was a lot of banter about the trip; Afghanistan, Iraq, the Taliban and Al Qaeda. On to meeting with both Palestinians and Isrealies. Closing the rap with the European tour. Ok, I say. I am open.
There was the stupid fishing around for VP info. It is a ridiculous game. It should embarrass the narrators who press well beyond the decline. Then Brokaw asked what will you be doing this week? Senator Obama said,
And so one of the things that I'll be doing on Monday, I'm going to be pulling together some of my core economic advisers--Paul Volcker, the former Fed chairman; Warren Buffet; Paul Schmidt--Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google; Bob Rubin; Larry Summers; a host of people--Bob Reich--to come together and examine the policies that we've already put forward--a middle class tax cut, a second round of stimulus, a effort to shore up the housing market in addition to the bill that was already passed through Congress, what we need to do in terms of energy and infrastructure. FULL TRANSCRIPT
WHAT??? What did he just say? Could someone dial up Drew Gilpin Faust and ask her about this? Do you think that H.R. at Harvard can suspend the unemployment benefits for Larry Summers as he has found employment with Senator Obama's Economic Advisory? And while you are on the phone with President Gilpin-Faust, ask if there are any women economists. Maybe she could send a CV over for one to be considered. I would guess that since women are 51% of the population, heads of most households and are trying to live on less than 75% of what men make, they may have some vested interest. (p.s. I can't resist wondering how many people of color are on this advisory.)
Hi Zoe--Great post. Here's another WHAT????? Obama is actually giving serious consideration to Tim Kaine for VP(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/kaine-spurs-curiosity-and_n_115699.html). I didn't know much about him before, but from what I've been reading over the past few days, he sounds like the Bob Casey, Jr. of VA! How disappointing that he would make it to the top of Obama's list and Hillary is apparently off the list entirely. Unbelievable. I urge everyone to express their strong opposition to Kaine. ~Linda
Posted by: Linda Wharton | July 31, 2008 at 08:03 AM