But it’s unrealistic to assume anyone elected to this office will come through 100% on the promises. Where I find Marc’s argument here lacking is that Obama has provided avenues toward open government that haven’t existed before, and surpass even those of the Clinton White House. For someone (Marc) who open defends the Patriot Act, and how that legislation came to be, claiming that Obama has already let us down seems a little desperate of an attack.

I’m disappointed with several things so far (rendition is the first to come to mind) but to say Obama hasn’t already made greater inroads toward transparency in respect to all previous administrations is a glaring misrepresentation.

The post was good. I thought that Marc had quite a few well thought out points which seemed to be factually accurate.

I wouldn’t find it surprising though, that anybody who was swept up in the “Change You Can Believe In” movement would have any problem believing that Pres. Obama will have the most transparent administration in U.S. history and that Pelosi would be at the helm of “the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” Even if the statements prove to be true, would that even be all that impressive to be the ‘most’ of each of those categories? I think not. Maybe if they were to use terms like; completely and absolute I would have higher hopes, even so, they’re just words!

As I wrote in my blog entry, the administration cited procedural questions concerning posting and the Congressional calendar (which is not yet set) as obstacles that still need to be addressed before this can be done on an ongoing basis.
http://www.ombwatch.org/node/9706

You’re reaching. And so was John Boehner when he said the same thing this morning.