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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
A sad reflection on the lack of public trust and confidence in elected officials...of any level.
We are all pretty confident that there is going to be some sort of payoff, earmark or entitlement associated with this. We the People assume that we end up being screwed.
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Unfortunately they have a overwhelming and persisting track record to lead to such assumptions, educated guesses and conclusions.
I would be far less pessimistic if say Obama said I would like a Governors Advisory Panel and I want the Governors Assoc. to send me the participants. The guidelines would be that all 50 Governors vote as to who will represent them and every region must be represented.
It isn't fool proof, but it would be far less likely Obama gets to pick and choose for whom he gets to deal with. Better yet limit participation based on State fiscal stability.