Change under Obama

The first signs to look for when the White House changes hands

Now that Barack Obama is headed for the White House, said The Denver Post in an editorial, he will make change happen "with the stroke of pen." Obama's transition team is already going through President Bush's executive orders in search of policies for the new president to reverse. He should start by scratching Bush's ban on embryonic stem-cell research.

If Obama stands for change, said Rich Lowry in the New York Post, why did he spend his Monday visit with Bush at the White House (click here for AP video via Slate) pleading for a new bailout for the mismanaged "corporate dinosaurs" of Detroit? In the campaign, he excoriated automakers for their "carbon-emitting sins," so a new era of protecting corporate failures is probably not the kind of change his fans had in mind.

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