When Obama wins, when can he realistically start making decisions?

[babylonsister]

Does he have to wait til the blivet continues to ruin us, or can/could he do an interim fix?

[FrenchieCat]

1. I'm sure they will be working before the elections!

[WindRiverMan]

2. He can announce his first 100 days agenda and hit the ground running.

I suspect he will.

[TheKentuckian]

3. November 5thish

The financial people have to jump right in and a transition squad on all fronts is obvious.

[grantcart]

4. actually they will be overwhelmed with transition problems and not even focusing on policy for

the first couple of months. They have to hire thousands of staff members and they have to make sure that they get the right leaders at the top.

[babylonsister]

5. Can they start before the inauguration, do you know, and can

the new admin actually do anything?

[grantcart]

6. legally no but if the Bush administration were to agree they could cooperate on issues

but the main problem is that they have to take in tens of thousands of resumes and make critical decisions on personnel that will shape the next 4 years. Its more important that they get that right than try and rush into policy.