In Obama's own words... we don't need him.

sorry to hear such negativeness. It does no good at all. I think for me...colin powell jumping from republican to demacrat said it all. He may be one of the older guys but he is very much respected as a politician and a man. And he did not have D next to his name. Since it is a done deal...why don't we at least give the man a chance...he isn't even in office yet for c sakes! If he sat there & did nothing at all but talk pretty...he still could not do worse than Bush.

the thought has occurred to me to and i hope we are wrong though as we need change so very badly in this country. the old way is just not working. i did not vote for him but would like to see him succeed because if he does all he said he was going to do it will very good for the middle class for a change. let's see what happens in the months ahead.

There will always be back biters..and no doubt from the opposition party.. Had your candidate gotten in; I am sure MR. Obama would not be the subject of all your Mylot topics.. I think you are just jealous that someone neat clean and afro american is going to rule our country. I like Mr. Obama and I don't appreciate all the bad things you are saying about him.

"The same old people" to most of the voters means the same people who have been in charge the past eight years. "Change" means change from the failed policies of the past eight years. I understand and respect that those of you on the right disagree and either think Bush hasn't been that bad or that the problems we've had have been no fault of his, probably instead the fault of the slim Democratic majority in Congress the past two years but apparently the majority of the voters disagree with that assessment. It seems that anyone who didn't support Obama thinks he should appoint as many or more Republicans than Democrats to his cabinet and other positions but the voters have been pretty clear about what they think of Republicans in general. Even though Gates is staying on as Secretary of Defense and Jim Jones, a staunch McCain supporter, is likely to be part of the Administration, that isn't enough. Those of us who didn't support Bush had to deal with the first six years of his Presidency where Democrats in the Senate and the House were basically silenced. Anyone who dared to disagree with the Administration on anything was called unpatriotic and anti-American. When Bush was reelected in 2004 he boasted of the political capital he'd won and how he intended to spend it. Obama won far more political capital but hasn't once shown that type of arrogance. I was really hoping people would at least wait until Obama took office to start complaining about his every move. I have no problem with anyone expressing their disagreement or displeasure, I spoke my mind these past few years, but can't people at least give him a chance? I don't think I heard or read of a single person criticizing Bush for not appointing a single Democrat despite his slim margins of victory. The nation obviously no longer leans to the right. Annie

HE is doing exactly what he critized Hilary for. He said she would put the same old people in the white house. He was going to "change that". Well he didn't. He did the same thing he accused and critized Hilary for. He also said "there will be no room in MY white house for Lobbyist". Yet he has appointed people with strong lobbyist ties and in some cases lobbyist themelves. All the "change" is not happening. Anyone can see that.

First everyone is afraid that he is going to make radical and socialist changes.... now everyone is complaining because he is choosing experienced people for his administration. I really don't get it. You should be happy that he isn't making the radical changes you feared.

When I looked at what Obama choose for his cabinet they were all pro abortion, pro same gender, and pro kill the oil and gas industry so America goes back to the stone age. I am beginning to believe that he really is not an American born citizen and his intent was to bring America down to ruin and the Democrats knew all this, but voted him in to ruin America and the Republican party.

That's unpossible! The messiah NEVER lies! Take it back now or MSNBC will have an army of reporters camped out on your lawn with every liberal government employee digging into your DMV, child support, military, criminal history, and any pet ownership in your past. Those who doubt or question the messiah shall be dealt with accordingly!

I would definitely feel better about him if he would move away from the "lawyer-speak" and answer questions directly with plain old common English. It reminds me of that song on "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" where the politician sings - "Ohhh, I love to dance a little sidestep...."

Lol, it's so true. Of course the economy and Bush are to blame;) He'll always have an excuse ready. And he'll always find people to defend him. Eloquent and slick. Quite frankly, I don't care if he doesn't go through with his big change promise and it's just the same old people again from Clinton time. I don't care about diversity in all the positions... I care about whether or not he will take care of the economic crisis in a proper manner. I care about whether or not all the money will just be handed to the big shots and us small people will be left to fend for ourselves. I care about whether he embarrasses us in front of the rest of the world. And I will care, if he takes away some of our freedoms. As of now, same old same old is not working. Handing money to the big shots is not working... yet Obama's economic plans seem to be just a continuation of that. So what he asked the big three to come with a plan first ridiculing them that they didn't do so to begin with. If this is all they learned from freely handing out the bank bailout money, then we have a big time problem. Okay, getting off my soapbox now.

Actually, I just heard on NPR the other morning that he's putting his political views aside and picking people with the most experience, whether they're Republican or Democrat.

wow,things seem complicated here!but i think Obama do will take change into the White House.or he will lose the standpoint he live on!

Are you really that surprised? He's a politician, politicians lie. But isn't it wonderful that the United States has become open-minded enough to elect a black man as a president?!? I'm serious, we've come a long way. It didn't matter who was elected, things were not going to "change". It's all about "them" ruling "us" and "us" paying "them" bills. At least Obama sugar coats things and will give us a reach-around. Happy Thanksgiving and... Happy MyLotting!