Saturday, November 22, 2008

A Thumbnail Guide to Obama Cabinet Picks

From the Spectator Blog:

Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner -- More of the same, for better or for worse. Sympatico with Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke on the bailouts. Wall Street seems happy, for the moment.
Attorney General Eric Holder -- Awful. Hostile to both the
Second Amendment and the First, and horrible in lots of other ways.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano -- Mixed. In the short history of DHS, the politician (Tom Ridge) has been much less impressive than the obscure national security expert (Michael Chertoff). But she might be
decent on border enforcement. ..(more)

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