And this thought from Sheldon Alberts:
In Hillary Clinton, Obama may be picking a secretary of state who voted for the war in Iraq. In Gates, he would be picking someone who implemented Bush’s surge. To some, that runs contrary to a central plank of Obama’s candidacy – his early and steadfast opposition to the war.
Obama was also said to be supportive – behind the scenes – of the recent decision by Senate Democrats to let Lieberman keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, despite attacking the Illinois senator during the campaign and speaking at the Republican convention.
Obama appeared irritated at the suggestion he’s setting up a de facto third Clinton administration, saying Americans would be rightly troubled if his team had no government experience at a time of economic crisis.
“I know this has been, sort of, conventional wisdom floating around Washington, that, ‘Well, you know, there's a recycling of people who were in the Clinton administration,’ ” he said.
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