Unfortunately, since it is purely accidental, it cannot be construed as a positive sign.

Too, I wouldn’t trust the man – his ascension has been planned and manipulated quite well over a rather long timeframe. I highly doubt this area of endeavor wasn’t a part of the plan. After all, if the sats are all downed and NASA is “under control”, how else to get new ones up there?

Of course, it could give a giant lift – so to speak – to the private space industry.

On Lieberman, I think he is the exception that proves the rule. He is indeed stonger on defense than most Democrats – and as a result, he is a virtual outcast in the Democratic Party.

Another possible angle is that Obama may have a desire to be like John Kennedy, hence his support for a space program returning to the Moon. I think Obama also wants to be like Abraham Lincoln, and so has built something like Lincoln’s “team of rivals” in his Cabinet, after he mentioned reading the book Team of Rivals about Lincoln.

But these are just speculations.

There is another possible explanation. The “Democrats” are not homogeneous. Only some Democrats are outright nihilists. Various other factions may seek conflicting goals. Even a single Democrat may have conflicting goals on his own individual agenda. (Quasi-Democrat Joe Lieberman is a classic example.)

This is why I think the Obama administration may in fact resemble the FDR administration in the years ahead. Based on reading I did 30 years ago, my understanding is that the FDR administration was very friendly to socialists but it was also a “big tent” for a zoo of conflicting ideologies. Power was the game, not any particular and uniform ideology. We will see.

But, well… hm. That really does appear to be a good decision.

Huh.