tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1229275196875542669..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-38305098315682146062013-09-09T10:17:19.539-04:002013-09-09T10:17:19.539-04:00Make that 28 out of 32 years - I didn't go bac...Make that 28 out of 32 years - I didn't go back all the way to Nixon when I wrote that.<br /><br />And I don't think I'd include Ford in that, because I think he genuinely cared about this country and its people, more than his party.<br />Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see him in the same dark light I see Nixon, Reagan, and both Bush's.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68518177831265830672013-09-09T10:11:27.528-04:002013-09-09T10:11:27.528-04:00Thanks to the internet, I'm much more politica...Thanks to the internet, I'm much more politically knowledgeable than I was before - and most people thought I was a politics geek back when newspapers, and magazines like Time and Newsweek, were people's primary sources for politics.<br />I've always been a political junkie!<br /><br />And I'd always read how the Presidencies of those who are reelected, tend to go downhill.<br /><br />And largely, the predominant theory is, because the newly-elected President puts his A-team in charge of things - but now, in the 2nd term, after those people start to move on to other things, lesser qualified people replace them. <br /><br />And, in retrospect, I could see that back when I'd first read that, with Ike.<br /><br />Nixon, Reagan, and W didn't really choose great candidates for a lot of departments in the first place, because their intention was to undermine the ones they didn't like.<br /><br />But I could see that happen with Clinton, who was trying to make government more efficient.<br /><br />And I can now see it with Obama, who's trying, and has so far succeeded, to help this country recover from 20 out of 28 years of the gross mismanagement, and the willful attempts to undermine the Federal government, and destroy the middle class.<br /><br />And now, I've watched, and am still watching, Obama's A-team leave, and he's replacing them with lesser qualified people.<br /><br />I think we need to re-look at having our Presidents serve a single, non-reelectable, 6-year term.<br /><br />And yes, I'm aware of the 'instant lame-duck' theories, and others.<br /><br />I was wondering what you think about that, Steve?Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-25311616384304241752013-09-09T07:36:57.031-04:002013-09-09T07:36:57.031-04:00Picking Summers is going to be yet another unforce...Picking Summers is going to be yet another unforced error, and he's definitely going to do it. It's crazy. Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19800700446023385652013-09-09T07:08:53.990-04:002013-09-09T07:08:53.990-04:00When your first-term "A-team" starts to ...When your first-term "A-team" starts to leave in your 2nd term, you might consider going to a "B" player, and not go to "C" and "D" players, like Summers and Kelley.<br /><br />Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh...Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com