Mr Obama has moved quickly in the last 48 hours to get his cabinet team in place, unveiling a raft of heavyweight appointments, in addition to Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State.
But his preference for General James Jones, a former NATO commander who backed John McCain, as his National Security Adviser and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, a supporter of the war, to run the Homeland Security department has dismayed many of his earliest supporters.
[via Kerplonka]
The more I hear, the more I like.
And the more it seems, once again, that the important election re American foreign policy was 2004, not 2008.
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Update: Cries of rage here.
Update again: And here.
The more I hear, the more I like.
The more I hear, the more my impression of Obama is confirmed.
But Greg — I shouldn’t like Obama.
Every time he does something I like, he’s doing something his core supporters hate.
But Greg — I shouldn’t like Obama.
That is your inner Republican talking. As an outsider, I could see the man would have no trouble fitting in, in either a Harper or Martin government.