Meanwhile, about Mr. Obama: while it's probably in his short-term political interests to forgive and forget, next week he's going to swear to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." That's not a conditional oath to be honored only when it's convenient.

And to protect and defend the Constitution, a president must do more than obey the Constitution himself; he must hold those who violate the Constitution accountable. So Mr. Obama should reconsider his apparent decision to let the previous administration get away with crime. Consequences aside, that's not a decision he has the right to make.

"... To renew America, we must be bold.
  We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity.

  It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice. But it can be done, and done fairly, not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children. ..."

 " Pelosi and Obama appear to be on the same page when it comes to entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare. Obama announced last week that he would convene a "fiscal responsibility summit" in February to focus on long-term problems with the economy and the skyrocketing costs of benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

"I support what he wants to do, to have a summit of that kind," Pelosi said Sunday. "We will have our own initiatives in the Congress to work with him on that."

Pelosi said everything should be on the table, including benefit cuts.

"The only thing we didn't want to put on the table is eliminating Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid," she said."

When Bush wanted to privatize SS I remember Pelosi and the rest of the Dems making the point constantly that SS is not in danger. We have years to go before we dip into the reserves. And, we have reserves because we have been paying double since the '80s. That's right, the baby boomers agreed to raise the FICA withholding so there would be enough money when we retired.

And the Medicare and Medicaid problems could be resolved with single-payer UHC.

Around noon Xernona Clayton, a friend of the King family, walked in with a birthday cake. She teased Dr. King, saying that he was "so busy you forgot to celebrate your own birthday." Slightly embarrassed, Dr. King blew out the candles. We must have eaten the cake in record time because it seemed that within moments the plates were cleared and we were back in our meeting -- with Al Lowenstein conducting a workshop about the march and how to step up pressure to end the Vietnam War.

That's the model we should follow this week -- and beyond. We should celebrate the election of our new president. And then we should get back to work to complete the unfinished business of making America a more perfect union.

Paterson can take care of himself and NYers.

And as far as what organization I was referring to. Well considering that CC is not a NYer and complains that poor Paterson is being bullied by outside intervention namely her Kennedy machine, I posit that her organization is even more outside than Ted Kennedy's machine could ever be. If in fact Ted is lobbying for Caroline it has more to do with NYers getting their fair share than disgruntled Hillary supporters looking to settle scores.

What organization? from the NYT article I linked to above:

"Those women are elated with her appointment to the Department of State, but they still feel quite bruised by the political process over the last year,"

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As far as the "sidekick" crack, I am simply tired of the martyr act of yours.  

1.  I've seen you jump on comments made by Squeaky just as much as the other way around.  Nobody is stalking you.  Although, given your self-confessed predilection for keeping an "enemy's list", no doubt you've convinced yourself of that fact.  

2. Jeralyn was speaking to both of you when she told you two to "get a room" the other day.  

3. Let's have the links to these other blogs that you keep bringing up.  Or are you afraid that we might find over there?