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1. Begin the investigations.
Making this the first action has two upsides and one annoying side-effect. The first upside is that it upholds the rule of law. We musn't set a precedent that if a president just doesn't care about public opinion, they can get away with anything. The second virtue is that it lays the groundwork for legislation that cures corruption, like removing corporate dollars from elections through public financing. The annoying side-effect is that the right wing loonies immediately start screaming "we told you so" and "Bush-hater". But we can fight that, because the public isn't so tied to Bush that they have to defend corruption.
2. Pass the Democratic Agenda we promised before the election.
The increase in the minimum wage, and the cuts in student loan interest rates, among other things. It shows we keep our promises, and helps a lot of people.
3. Get us out of Iraq
The people expect us to do it, and it will piss the right-wingers off to no end. Force them to keep shouting "cut-and-runners" all the way until 2008. We'll win again if they are still defending Iraq.
4. The aforementioned public financing for elections
Shut out the corporate lobbyists from elections, and suddenly it becomes a lot easier to vote one's conscience.
5. Media overhaul
Not sure what form this would take, but this must be the last thing, because the media is going to fight like hell against this, and we have to have overwhelming momentum to stop them from stopping us. Also, they won't give us favorable treatment on anything after this if we fail, so pass the most important stuff first.
What do you all think?
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