I have now (very rapidly) read the pdf of Obama's "detailed" plans you suggested, Amos, thanks for the link.

No "unfair dismissal" law
No "redundancy" law
A whole 7 days sick entitlement per year (wow!)
A proposal to reduce public sector deficit - but reductions in tax for many. Wow, I'd like that magic wand.
He's going to do something to reduce meth addictions. Er - what?
Plans to make trade agreements work for the USA - has he grasped what that will mean in terms of exchange control and transfer pricing regulations in tax law?

A lot of "inspiration" but still not a lot of detail. Gordon Brown he does not seem to be. Incidentally, what is the word "wonk" I keep finding? There is a similar word with a different vowel that I know (that does not refer to closing one eye). I know the adjective "Wonky" to describe an artefact so crooked that it will not stand stably on its base. But what is "wonk"? Is it another of these baseless neologisms like "pwned"?