A Think Tank For America, Now.

What in the world are we going to do now? Expectations for America to come to its senses and get back on track with the rest of the world, have never been higher. The support for the Obama Administration has never been higher for any incoming administration since Washington’s. The world and the Nation have given him a clean slate.

Now. what is the President-elect intend to do with it? When questioned by Barbra Walters on his selection of ex-Clinton Admin super stars as the agents of “CHANGE”, the President-elect wasted no time clarifying who was there to shake things up. “That would be me.” And who was there to execute to command.

Well Mr. President-elect, we beg to differ. Change has many fathers. And in keeping with your policy of transparancy we believe the world’s thought leaders should be considered as the invaluable intellectual asset they are. They should be tapped for their inspirational contributions to our quest for change.

The White House Office for Creative Affairs is a step in that direction. The demand to contribute to your vision of change is bringing out an entire generation of collaborators, ready, willing and able to make a valuable contribution to the process of government. This is an opportunity to bring new thinking and fresh ideas into an area that is starving for innovative thought and new ways of getting things done.

We at IAPIA have taken up the challenge. There is so much to do and so little time to make a difference.

~ by The Committee on December 4, 2008.