The Audacity Of Bait And Switch

November 19, 2008 by Frank Gannon | Filed Under Obama administration 

Jennifer Rubin on “Contentions“:

Okay, 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.

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.

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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