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President Obama in Williamsburg last Thursday:

Then there's the argument that this is full of pet projects, but when was the last time that a bill of this magnitude moved with no ear marks in it? Not one....And [when you start asking], 'Where's all this waste in spending?' 'Well, you want to replace the federal fleet with hybrid cars.' Well, why wouldn't we want to to do that? That creates jobs for people who make those cars, it saves the federal government energy, it saves the tax payers energy. Well then you get the argument, 'This is not a stimulus bill, this is a spending bill.' What do you think a stimulus is? That's the whole point. No, seriously, that's the whole point.

How quickly has Barack Obama's tone changed after his inaguration. Some would attribute this to arrogance, and while I concede that the President's self-awareness sometimes translates so, this excerpt tells us much more.

The President takes his job personally, viewing himself as the nation's top civil-servant more than anything else. Some of you are probably saying, "Yeah, no sh*t, Brute.", but the truth is our last president viewed the seat as an opportunity to become a war hero, not to improve on a country that wasn't doing half-bad at the turn of the century. Today, the state of things matches the state of the man. He will be frequently angry, and even mocking, but only at those that are keeping him from doing his job.

Furthermore, the particular proposal above is, like it or not, a perfect blend of both parties' ideals. President Obama views the overhauling of the federal fleet as an investment. It's conservative in that it saves money over time. It's liberal in that addresses alternative energy and carbon emissions. Most of his legislation will answer to this dynamic.

Lastly, note how elsewhere President Barack Obama actually utters something we'll call an "apology" for when the administration makes missteps.

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