{"id":45489,"date":"2020-12-10T21:43:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=45489"},"modified":"2020-12-10T21:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:43:45","slug":"third-obama-term-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=45489","title":{"rendered":"‘Third Obama term’ taking shape?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

President-elect Biden keeps insisting he isn’t seeking to govern with an executive branch lineup that constitutes what amounts to a “third Barack Obama term” as president.<\/p>\n

But wait a second.<\/p>\n

His selection to be agriculture secretary served in that capacity in the Obama administration; his choice to serve as domestic policy adviser served as national security adviser to President Obama; his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department served as chief of staff for President Obama; Biden’s selection to lead to the effort to deal with climate change served as secretary of state … for the Obama team.<\/p>\n

Biden’s team includes other Obama retreads. Granted, they all are talented individuals who did well during their earlier stints in public office.<\/p>\n

Let me be clear on this point: I consider President Obama’s two terms as president to be highly successful. Joe Biden served as vice president during that time. However, the president-elect has a vast reservoir of talent from which he can choose. I am curious as to the apparent leaning on former Obama aides to join him.<\/p>\n

If he is going to insist that his term as president isn’t a “third term” for Barack Obama, then Joe Biden ought to populate the highest levels of his executive team with many more fresh faces and voices.<\/p>\n

The president-elect’s selection of Obama hands makes it difficult for him to dispute the notion he wants to govern with a “third term” from Barack Obama’s time in office.<\/p>\n\n

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