Obama to have a bipartisan cabinet

[MattusMaximus]

For all those naysaying President-Elect Obama already, you should read this...

Cabinet, press secretary picks expected soon

... Obama was considering who will be on his transition team long before Tuesday's election declared him the nation's leader, and several Republicans were on the short list.

Obama is thinking about bringing GOP Sens. Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar on board, according to sources close to the president-elect.

Hagel, R-Nebraska, is a Vietnam War veteran and fierce critic of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.

Lugar, R-Indiana, is minority leader of the Foreign Relations Committee and worked with Obama last year to expand a program aimed at destroying weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union.

Also, the sources say Obama is considering adding Robert Gates -- Bush's defense secretary -- to his national security team. ...

It looks to be a move in the right direction.

 

[Praktik]

Well here's fodder for the O'Reillys out there who worry about Obama's "slide to the left" - a bipartisan cabinet? What is he thinking - especially with all the gay marriage stuff going against the Gay/Lesbian/Bipartisan alliance...

Besides, what is it about bipartisans anyway? Can't they just pick a side??

 

[Marquis de Carabas]

Those aren't True Republicans.

 

[skeptical]

For all those naysaying President-Elect Obama already, you should read this...

Cabinet, press secretary picks expected soon



It looks to be a move in the right direction.

I am pulling for Hagel as Sec of Defense, although either Wes Clark or Colin Powell would also be excellent choices.

Even if he doesn't pick Hagel, I really hope he makes some good choices and not only the cabinet level but also for his choices at key deparment heads such as the EPA, UN, etc.

 

[MattusMaximus]

Those aren't True Republicans.

Oh yes, that's right. I forgot