Posted on 10/29/2008 4:01:26 PM PDT by SmithL
Barack Obama isn't the only one hoping to make a huge leap in importance and influence on Election Day. A Washington think tank with close ties to Obama and former president Clinton is about to publish a 50-chapter book on how to run a new Democratic administration.
The Center for American Progress already has produced a 26-page document, widely distributed among Obama aides, describing what the last five presidents did on each day of his transition. And if Obama wins the presidency Tuesday, the group stands ready to fill top federal positions with some of its staffers, many of whom worked for Clinton.
The Center for American Progress, formed five years ago to counteract conservative think tanks, could become one of Washington's most influential policy advocacy groups. And it could give Obama a valuable head start in staffing agencies and drafting priorities for his administration, a daunting task for any president-elect with 11 weeks between the election and inauguration.
Of course, the group's efforts will go for naught if Obama loses to Republican John McCain.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Name a bigger oxymoron than “Washington Think Tank”
Oh God. Just what we need, a bunch of lefty aparatchiks riddling every nook and cranny of the federal government. Liberals tend to be government careerists. They’ll be there forever.
A more appropriate name would be “Washington Stink Tank”. Another group of life-long politicos living off the American taxpayer.
They’ll be there forever.
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