Familiar Faces
- 11.19.2008 - 8:07 AMOkay, it is starting to be a little bit too much. Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, Mona Sutphen, and Greg Craig, to name just a few. What is this, a Clinton class reunion? I get that the Obama team needs experience. I get that some of these people are moderates and pragmatists, which is good if you want to keep the country from going over a cliff. And as far as Secretray of State goes, most of the other mentioned alternatives are far, far worse than Hillary. (Don’t get me wrong — conservatives are hoping Bill’s complications can be minimized so that Obama doesn’t have to go to the “B” list.) But isn’t this all sort of a bait and switch?
We were promised new faces, a new page, a new . . . well . . . everything. What we’re getting is the Clintons’ third term. That would be alright, I suppose — if the President-elect had not built his entire campaign on the premise that we had to throw the rascals out.
Some conservatives are delighted. Others are bemused. And the Left is not happy. The biggest downside that I see is that some may conclude they’ve been conned. Oh, he really didn’t mean all that stuff about change. Ah, it’s the same old crew. The proof will be in how they all perform, but I sympathize with those who thought they were buying something other than the Clinton Restoration.
So Obama might be smart to keep Hillary, but limit the other Clinton retreads. Really, isn’t there a better choice for Attorney General than Holder–one with no connection to one of the creepiest chapters in the Clinton era? Was the man who ran the Clinton impeachment defense the only one qualified for White House counsel? With his vaunted creativity and renowned people skills, I am sure Obama can attract quality personnel from outside of the Bill Clinton yearbook.
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