No doubt many find this frustrating. But it could well be a good thing in terms of securing the country's best interests.
"Look, I think [Hillary Clinton] is loyal to a fault," he commented by e-mail. "She takes care of her own people, even when that is to her detriment, as was obvious during the campaign. Biden to a lesser extent, but there it is obvious that he would bring his own people from his Foreign Relations Committee staff into the government to advise him."
"As for Obama, as great as he is, loyalty is not his primary consideration in personnel selection," he continued. "He wants to pick the best and brightest, and he doesn't particularly care whether or not you were there with him from the very beginning. How else do you explain the Jim Jones pick for NSC?"
Given the disasters that stemmed from George W. Bush prioritizing loyalty above all else, this is another reason to greet his exit with cheers. And probably another reason we should be happy Obama, and not Clinton, was elected to succeed him.
Posted by armand at January 13, 2009 09:40 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics