Because I need my centrist cred! Yeah, right. Anyway, I think the extent to which everything that Obama is promoting is interconnected is overstated (gods, what an awful sentence!). I'm willing to buy that healthcare should be considered as interconnected with the economy--the rise in health care costs is dragging on the budget, and getting healthcare done is important because hey, if you're not working, you're not getting health insurance. I think it's quite a stretch to say that global warming is conmingled with the economic downturn, or education either. This doesn't mean that he's wrong, just that the connection isn't apparent.
Which is why this is much stronger. Obama should say he's moving quickly because he wants to accomplish as much as possible as soon as possible, and he needs to keep reminding people that he's working on the bank situation, that he's on top of it. He can say that he campaigned on everything that he's doing, and that he has a mandate for change. I tend to think that Obama being seen as ambitious for change can only be a good thing.
