Congratulations, Hillary!
Today, Barack Obama officially announced that Hillary Clinton is his pick for Secretary of State. While it’s not really a surprise, it is a great way to start off the holiday season (read: Obama gave Lindsay a Christmas present!).
Some argue that the Cabinet is not full of “change” as promised in Obama’s campaign speeches. I’m fuzzy on what these folks expected the President-elect to do. Was he supposed to pick cabinet members using a dart board? Ask Sarah Palin how she picks baby names and modify the method for political purposes? What? It’s not like Clinton is Strom Thurmond or–dare I say–John McCain when it comes to years in the Senate.
As Obama says on CNN: “What we are going to do is combine experience with fresh thinking. But understand … the vision for change comes first and foremost … from me. That’s my job.”
