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Do Obama's appointments undermine prior campaign promises of "change"?

Critics on the left have greeted some of President-elect Obama's Cabinet selections with disappointment, suggesting that Obama's pledges to reform Washington were just empty promises.

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Tony Blankley

“Unlike some of his supporters, I take Obama at his word...I suspect, as he says, he intends to be the change -- and not merely of the "can't we all just get along?" variety.”

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Michael Gerson

“The candidate of "change" is discovering what many presidents before him have found: On numerous issues, the range of responsible policy options is narrow. And the closer you come to the Oval Office, the wiser your predecessors appear. ”

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Michael Gerson

“Whatever the caveats, Obama is doing something marvelously right: He is disappointing the ideologues. This is more than many of us hoped -- and it is causing some of us to raise our hopes in Obama again. ”

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Tony Blankley

“It is a pity the conversation about what Obama might actually do as president didn't begin in the media until after the election.”

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