# What will happen to the presidency under an Obama Administration?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-the-presidency-under-an-obama-administration/477086 "2008-12-14T03:50:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-the-presidency-under-an-obama-administration/477086/13 "2008-12-16T01:41:21Z")

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I agree with the posters who say Obama’s not giving up any power the presidency may have gained in the last eight years, regardless of its provenance. Further, given all the other crises swirling around, large-scale action is going to be asked for and expected both for Obama and his appointees. He’s going to have a lot of opportunities to make big moves and I expect he’ll use those whenever he thinks he has a solution.

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