Just a random thought: for conservatives, the upcoming Obama Administration may look less like a Team of Rivals and more like Dawn of the Dead.
Look at the names being floated: Tom Daschle at HHS. Hillary Clinton at State; or Bill Richardson. Al Gore as some kind Global Warming Czar. Gen. Wesley Clark has been mentioned as a candidate for Defense Dept.
Not that Clinton or any of the others don’t have meaningful employment now. But Sec. of State, for example, is arguably much more powerful a position than one of a hundred Senators.
It’s too simplistic to say that this is the Clinton Administration, resurrected (… or is it?). But I think it’s clear that a number of Dem heavy hitters are getting second acts in the new Obama Administration. I would be surprised if we didn’t see at least one or two prominent Republicans as well. But a certain feeling of déjà vu is probably unavoidable.
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