[baggygreen]

I didnt want to create a new thread for Obama's political appointments.

I've been impressed at the common sense decisions he's made.

I'm not necessarily sure if Hillary will make a good secstate or not, but i thought the same about condi. Regardless, getting her out of the country means she can't stir up any anti-obama sentiment in washington amongst the DNC. Good call on his part.

Keeping the same secdef will probably only be a short-term measure, that is to say I expect it will be a case of "you guys got us here, you can get us out". But it is a wise move in the sense that it means the person tasked with extracting the US from the foreign wars will already be up to speed on the situation, and can start working on it from a much better position than a newcomer to the role. I suspect if things go poorly, he will also take the fall, but nevertheless, the man could have chosen much worse.

Following on from secdef, I read somewhere that a very prominent soldier will be NSA?

Susan rice will get an interesting workout. Another person to doesnt fit perfectly into the old, peace-loving lefty mould, she has advocated the use of force to intervene in genocide. While i won't argue with the sentiment, the application of it could well be tough to gain support for. I must admit, beyond this i know little about her, and can't be sure how this appointment will go.

I dont know anything about Janet Napolitana as homeland security, well certainly not enough to comment. any takers?

I'm been surprised. I think his choices could have been far worse.