Barack Obama was elected on the promise that he would change the way we do things in Washington. What are the first two things he does?

First, he hires usual suspects like Democratic gunslinger Rahm Emanuel to run his staff. No change there. And when he and his wife, Michelle, investigate schools for their two daughters, they take the path of least resistance down the same old road toward private schools. Like the Clintons. No change there.

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