Charlie Stross has a good, solid list of do-able things for President-elect Barack Obama (damn, I just don’t get tired of writing that) to concentrate on during his first 100 days. I don’t know if it’s really feasible for all these things to happen, but I sure hope they are—I agree 100% with Stross, which happens quite a bit, actually.
1. Shut down Gitmo
2. Reboot torture
3. Dismantle the DHS (hell yeah)
4. Ratify the Kyoto Treaty (double hell yeah)
5. Start a Congressional inquiry into political appointees
6. Find some young, fresh, liberal faces for the Supreme Court
7. Start a Congressional inquiry into election practices
8. Start a public inquiry into the misuse of intelligence (heh) in the run-up to 9/11
9. Talk to the Russians about (a) gas and oil security, and (b) Ballistic Missle Defense
10. Start talking to all of the G11 (inc’l Spain) about rebooting the global economy
Check out the list, along with deeper commentary, here.