Although I will reserve my final judgment until at least 100 days after Obama has taken the oath of office, I must admit that I am not happy with what I'm seeing with the Cabinet picks:
I've said many times before that I would have loved to see a Presidential Cabinet made up of names I've never heard before. Couldn't we find somebody more qualified that these same tired old names that have been in Washington forever?
As I stated earlier, I will reserve my final judgment until after I see the first fruits of the Obama Administration. Until then, I plan to watch the how the remainder of appointments go and will weigh in as they happen. For the record, I still stand by my decision to vote for Barack Obama because the hope of him bringing change to Washington was much better than the guarantee that McCain would allow things to continue on the path of the previous eight years.
So my question is do you think that these Obama Administration Cabinet picks represents real change in Washington, or do you feel that it indicates Washington politics as usual?
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. [...] 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. [...]I voted for Obama, because I preferred him over Hillary Clinton. If I wanted to see a Cabinet full of Washington insiders with Clinton Administration connections, I would have voted for Hillary Clinton. It is a disappointment that these appointments seem to be political paybacks, rather than what would be best for the country.
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." Source: Associated Press
I've said many times before that I would have loved to see a Presidential Cabinet made up of names I've never heard before. Couldn't we find somebody more qualified that these same tired old names that have been in Washington forever?
As I stated earlier, I will reserve my final judgment until after I see the first fruits of the Obama Administration. Until then, I plan to watch the how the remainder of appointments go and will weigh in as they happen. For the record, I still stand by my decision to vote for Barack Obama because the hope of him bringing change to Washington was much better than the guarantee that McCain would allow things to continue on the path of the previous eight years.
So my question is do you think that these Obama Administration Cabinet picks represents real change in Washington, or do you feel that it indicates Washington politics as usual?
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