January 28, 2009 - 10:18 am
News Feed: Washington

I need a new crystal ball

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What a difference a year makes. Heck, what a difference a week makes.

It's hard to describe my feelings upon President Obama's first full week in office. But then, I imagine I don't really have to. Like me, everyone reading this is probably feeling that same, unfamiliar mix of relief and elation at the flurry of positive, beneficial, forward-looking actions and decisions coming from the Oval Office on a near daily basis.

Ordering the closure of Guantanamo.

Formally banning torture.

Putting stringent restrictions on who can claim executive privilege in keeping presidential records secret, and when they can do it.

Reversing the "Mexico City Policy"

Letting the EPA, whose staff scientists all support the idea, move forward on

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