President-elect Obama campaigned on a broad platform of “change”, promising to bring an end to the partisan fighting that had caused Washington to grind to a near halt.  Many were skeptical of Obama’s ability to REALLY change anything, – after all how many other politicians who had come before making the same types of promises really succeeded?

Well it looks like Barack Obama might be doing it.  A recent article in the New York Times notes that so far, Obama has received praise from those on the right, including such key players as Karl Rove and Michael Gerson, President Bush’s onetime senior speechwriter, for his Cabinet appointments.  Conservatives have found something to like in the national security team of Robert Gates at the Pentagon and Gen. James Jones as National Security Advisor, as well as the selection of Timothy F. Geithner, who helped draw up the Bush administration’s Wall Street bailout plan, as his Treasury secretary.  And Obama has been able to do this, while still staying true to his more liberal/progressive minded principals.

Whether we are witnessing a new era of trans, post, or bi-partisanship, it is certainly encouraging.  PSA was founded with the understanding that America’s biggest problems won’t be solved with partisan solutions, and that inter-party dialogue and cooperation is a crucial aspect to fixing the country.  No matter whom you voted for in November, now seems like a great time to jump on the bipartisan bandwagon – everyone else is.

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