Obama Already Changing Washington

Submitted by politicalWinters on Wed, 11/26/2008 - 9:28am.

From celebrities on the way to working in government being cool once again, Barack Obama already is impacting Washington.

The Daily Beast takes a look at five big changes already on the landscape.

Quote: The Bush administration made enemies quickly and made them for life: Dick Cheney wasn't above personally quashing the careers of those who had wronged him. From sitting down with John McCain to appointing a roster of Clinton cohorts to administration positions, Obama has signaled to his colleagues that he is not interested in settling scores or drawing out rivalries that flourished just weeks ago.

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