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What's wrong with "designing a plan and [waiting] until they were done to respond to the petition"? That sounds like a very logical thing to do. Better to get a
by chad_oliver 14y ago
What's wrong with "designing a plan and [waiting] until they were done to respond to the petition"? That sounds like a very logical thing to do. Better to get a measured response that a populist response.
- ewillbefull 14y agoThere's nothing wrong with planning, just that likely the petition had nothing to do with their internal discourse over open access reform. Obama's advisers probably already had deliberations going on. "Hey, there's a petition for this! Let's wait until we're done and respond to the petition." I sure hope that this petition wasn't the only reason why they decided to issue these orders.