Wednesday, November 19, 2008

If it looks like a Clinton administration and quacks like a Clinton administration...

I don't know that a return to the Clinton years is really a change I can believe in.  Early indications are that Obama will be drawing heavily from the former Clinton administration to fill key positions on his staff.  In his defense, Obama recognizes that his lack of experience is a weakness to be addressed, conceivably he is choosing subordinates that will strengthen him; still he won because he promised to be different, not just from Bush, but from everything we'd seen in a long time.  People always say that our friends determine how we turn out, if Barack Obama hasn't learned that lesson he would do well to figure it out now.

Current appointments and possible appointments:
Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff
Ron Klain as Joe Biden's Chief of Staff, read about it here
Eric Holder as Attorney General, read about it here.
and of course...
Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, read about it here.

Said one Clinton era staffer of Obama's move away from his criticism of the Clinton years, "It's heartening to see that that was just primary rhetoric."  I wonder if everyone who voted for Obama feels the same way.

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