Obama's Cabinet may be short on reformers

Salt Lake Tribune by Alec MacGillis | Dec. 21, 2008 (News Analysis)

President-elect Barack Obama wrapped up his Cabinet appointments Friday, meeting his ambitious holiday deadline by assembling a team full of outsize personalities with overlapping jurisdictions and nominees who are known more for pragmatism than for strong leanings on the issues they will oversee.
In Chicago, the president-elect announced his picks to lead the Departments of Labor and Transportation, the Small Business Administration and the office ... Full Story »

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Marsha Iverson
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 by Marsha Iverson - Dec. 21, 2008

Worthwhile analysis of Obama's Cabinet picks, briefly noting the backgrounds, strengths, possible shortcomings and conflicts in a group of strong pragmatists.

I find it curious that MacGillis seems to lean toward the position that the Obama Cabinet will be "rudderless," that the strong personalities of the group members will cause conflict and be adrift with "without a political philosophy." I plan to wait and see. I prefer to have a cabinet of experienced, engaged, possibly contentious professionals who know what they're doing, as opposed to a group of ideologues whose primary purpose was to grab and hold power at all costs. I want a ... More »

“Pragmatism has its place, but there are limits, as well,” said Wehner, now a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. “If you aren’t ... More »

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