Flashermac Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts. Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a well-known Washington personality, seemed more likely than ever to be his secretary of state. Clinton is deciding whether to take that post as America's top diplomat, her associates said Wednesday Obama is ready to announce that his attorney general will be Eric Holder, the Justice Department's No. 2 when Clinton's husband was president. Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, is another veteran of the Clinton White House. ... Republicans sniped at what they saw as an unwelcome trend. Alex Conant, spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said, "Barack Obama is filling his administration with longtime Washington insiders." Same old shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 McCain for Defense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 The fear has always been that there would be little or no change. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 McCain for Defense? Nah, McCain was career military. That disqualifies him. Probably go to a non-veteran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Carter picked all outsiders and couldn't get anthing done with an overwhelmingly Democratic congress. Insiders who will go along with change is what he's going for it seems. Easier said than done I say. Pick outsiders and no one will work with them. They won't be trusted by anyone. The 'good' thing for Obama is that the Dems don't want to eff it up and he campaigned on change so I would think they are going to try and deliver on some of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Carter's outsiders unfortunately were often short on qualifications, as I recall. Also, Carter himself was supposed to have been hard to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Clinton to get the nod? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7741036.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 So, let's analyze this. Cabinet level positions are generally regarded as needing to be filled by someone with connections & experience, right? The only Dem prez in the last 28 years was Bill Clinton. Therefore, those experienced people WILL have one thing in common: they likely had some contact with the Clinton administration in their past. Just more right wing whinging. If Obama picked inexperienced people, they'd still be having a cow. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 The only Dem prez in the last 28 years was Bill Clinton. Not to nitpick, but you mean 15 years, right? 28 years was before I was born...almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Carter was the last democrat before Clinton, 1981. 28 years ago as of Jan 20, 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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