Meantime, Mr. President-elect: here's what's been happening in the economy, in your country and in the world at large. The Clinton boom is coming down for a soft landing, or maybe a hard jolt; the growth rate is under 3 percent, going by the third-quarter figures, and falling; exuberance isn't the problem any more. The mood of America, before the onset of Florida rage, seemed mellow enough and may be again: the referendum results drowned out in that month of presidential tie-breaking point to redirecting the drug war, toward treatment, not prison; people seem to want school reform but not vouchers; they wanted gun control but not gay marriage....
The biggest war in the world is in the heart of Africa-gunmen from 10 nations making a bloody chaos of the Congo. And there's an Arab-Israeli crackup underway that you can't ignore even if you wanted to. You're briefing the next President, this hour on The Connection. (Hosted by Christopher Lydon)
