Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner -- More of the same,
for better or for worse.
Sympatico with Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke on the bailouts.
Wall Street seems
happy, for the moment.
Attorney General Eric Holder -- Awful. Hostile to both the
Second Amendment and the
First, and
horrible in lots of other ways.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano -- Mixed. In the
short history of DHS, the politician (Tom Ridge) has been much
less impressive than the obscure national security expert
(Michael Chertoff). But she might be
decent on border enforcement.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Daschle -- Grating. We
have to listen to that damn stage whisper throughout the coming
health care policy debates. Potential
harbinger of the apocalypse.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (likely) -- Jury's out. Does
she get to bring in Richard Holbrooke as deputy secretary? If so
it's a good sign. If not, it may mean the Obama foreign policy
team is trying to make her a figurehead Secretary, as Kissinger
did with William P.
Rogers. Think she'll stand for that?
UPDATE: A reader reminds me that Bill Richardson is reportedly
being tapped for Commerce. I often forget about the Commerce
Department, and when I remember it I mainly just wish that it would
go away. Anyway, if it means that Richardson is being shut
out of the foreign policy loop it's probably a good thing.
