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HAVE YOU NOTICED ALL OF OBAMA'S CHOICES STARTING WITH OBAMA AT THE TOP ARE WELL SPOKEN, EDUCATED AND HAVE A HISTORY OF SUCCESS IN THEIR EXPERT FIELDS. FOR A STARTING PLAN THE GOP NEEDS TO GET SOME WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE ON THEIR SIDE. OTHERWISE WE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO RUN THEM OUT OF TOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Hillary needs to acccept the SOS position, after talking to many upper New York people about her failed campaign promises she very well may not be able to win another Senate election.

These people want to keep Hillary Clinton on news, Gov Palin and John Mccain......Get over it!

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Hillary – it is time to go to work!

You can do it!

Love from Canada!

all i can say change is coming,,,,1 way or another.

Just like all of the chatter about Hillary as the vice president nominee, in a few weeks, when someone else is named SOS, we will all realize that the media was had by the Clinton machine yet again.

Oh great! now we get a Clton that doesn't know anything about anyone in this goofs cabinet. That is all we need. This witch will ruin us in the end at 3am!

Picking the best and the brightest is a sign of strength. It shows that Obama is not threatened by having smart people around him. It is quite refreshing to have someone in the White House that is willing to listen and not be inflexible like our current president. I am confident Obama will be able to manage the egos and do some good things for our country.

These guys will accomplish nothing other than pointing fingers at each other. You knew that when you voted for Obama. Waiting on "CHANGE".

Rick, you are soooo correct. These guys will be like kids on a playground fighting over the swing. It will get ugly, and the country will see, and feel the effects of it. Just watch. NOOBAMA, he will destroy this country day after day........

I think this is a very good lineup. I agree with those people who feel that these "all-stars" will check their ego's at the door and get things done for this country. I agree with the person who said that Obama is not trying to hire "yes men" like Bush/Cheney did, doesn't mean that this will not work. Go ahead and lead us into the right direction Obama!

I am confused. With the state of our economy; everyone wanting a bailout and the world watching every move that Obama makes, why is it such an issue for Obama to choose people who were successful in the past in lead positions during the Clinton administration? I would be worried if Obama was looking hire people from the Bush Administration. Why must people ridicule Obama's every move? I have every confidence that Obama is doing the best for this country and we need to support him.

CONTROL FREAKS--everywhere,disaster ahead!!!

I would love to see Hillary as Sec of State...anything to get her out of the Senate...

Man, this is going to be a hoot watching Obama's Dream Team destroy each other within the first 6 months.

President-Elect Obama's intelligence AND brilliance CANNOT be overlooked nor understated for the "politics" of this election! He knows EXACTLY what team players he needs around him, and I truly believe the "TEAM" he is choosing, including Senator Clinton, will be well grounded, and focused on the BEST each can do for America and for the World! I also feel each will respect President Obama! It's time to move forward and put aside all of the negative remarks about ANY team member that has been chosen or will be chosen in the future! America will be united in the comining months and years under the leadership of President-Elect Obama, and further, we will once again be respected by other World Leaders!

Yep, sure. I can see Hillary taking orders now from Obama....

This cabinet doesn't match faces of change. Clinton cronies, and JPMorgan, backdoor swindlers and crooked business people. Whatever happened to that investigation into how JPmorgan acquired Bear Stearn? It looks like the same business people as before with lobbyist ties to Big Business. I am extremely disappointed in Barack. We need a real change with some outsiders, not the same insiders that have a strangle-hold on Washington, and ties to Big Business.

Hillary probably doesn't really want to be Obama's SOS, but will accept it because she knows how much backstabber Bill Richardson SO wanted the job!

This team isn't looking like faces of change in Washington. Hopefully, we haven't all fell for some bs. The clinton affiliation sucks for hope of a new future, and Gates seems like J Edgar Hoover. Get them all out of there.

I still believe Bill Richardson would be a better SOS. HC should stay in the Senate where she would do more good.

She wold be a nice senator for N.Y, if she cam get herself elected again, without Bills help.

Hillary is the best pick of the lot and she didnt merely have tea she actually voiced serious concerns with leaders and many of them have great respect for her ask Buhtto's husband.

Is it just me and I am no fan of Hillary's, but that she is being suckered into the Secretary of State job. She won't be able to run for president, she can't oppose him if he screws up and gets tied to the same faliure if he does as well. And any accomplishments she might make are really Obama's accomplishments as it is his administration.

I'm sure President-elect Obama is not thinking of egos or fragile insensibilities. He is putting a team of great minds together to work for a common cause. I think having these high profile candidates with different views on a wide range of international topics will only allow President Obama to make sound and intelligent decisions. I trust his judgement.

I think there will be bumps in the road as with any administration, but at the end of the day, I think everyone will do what is best or the country. If they can not stomach it, they will move on after the first 4 years. We are not living in ordinary times and therefore we can't do ordinary things and choose ordinary people for the tast that lies ahead. President elect Obama and VP elect Biden will serve this country well because Obama is an extraordinary person. Looker for brighter days will start Jan. 20, 2009!

William Ayers for Homeland Security!!!

Demwit is a dimwit.

I think its really funny how people on these blogs dont realize that the statements they are attributing to Obama, Clinton and others during the campaign disparaging each other are just words flung and now left over from a political fight!

Clinton wouldnt be my choice for SoS b/c I think Bill is stuck to her coat tails and I think HE has his own agenda. I'm worried about her ability to be independent of him, but I'm 100% willing to trust Obama to keep his cabinet in hand. He doesnt strike me as a guy who suffers fools, or huge egos, or rogues, easily.

And on the issues of to many big ego's on the dream team . . .

Remember Obama is from Chicago.
He watched the Bulls win year after year, with a whole team of ego's. As long as these people came by their inflated sense of self worth because they really are the very best in their league, then putting them on the same team can be a very good thing.

What's Phil Jackson doing now anyway. Would he be interested in a stint in Washington. If he could keep Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman and Scotty Pipin on the same page, this should be easy.

Senator Chuck Hagel is without a doubt a great choice if Obama really is sincere about reaching across the aisle. But ,we'll see, won't we if old man Gates stays? Bravo for change....?

Hillary doesn't really deserve this.

Sec. of State is supposed to deliver the message originated from the executive branch. Can you see HRC delivering anyone's mesage but her own?

Plus, he owes her nothing. She pulled evil Republican tricks in their primary! No respectable Democrat (Human) would act like them.

I am hopeful this will all work out but I think there will be some rough patches.

Let the right wingers foam at the mouth-the team that is coming together looks good. But I would not mind seeing Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel in there, too.

Hillary. The world need you

I'm sure there will be days when these folks will not agree, but that is part of having people with different ideas....none of us agree all the time, as long as the outcome is the right one for the country that is the main thing.
I think Obama is a strong leader who will not take any nonsense, listen to other people and take advice if necessary, but I don't think he will be a push over at all.
His team will be ready to go on Jan 20th, what a mess they have to sort out and I just hope we can be patient enough to let this man have a chance to correct these mistakes....nothing will be solved overnight and that is what we must remember.

It will be a big mistake not to seek advice from General Petraeus., who is a Ph.D. trained by Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Somebody should please remind Sarah Palin that it is time for her to donate the designer dresses to charity as she promised. Or has it been overtaken by events??????????????

Hillary would not be my choice for sos but we must have faith in Barack and support his Decisions

Seriously....Hilary as Secretary of State? So much for "change". The Clintons have successfully wormed their way back into Washington. Foolish me, I thought Obama would different.

Obama won't just listen to who is the loudest: he'll listen to those who make the best case using facts and knowledge.

As for those who are silly enough to think that using proven, qualified talent from the Clinton administration isn't change – you're just whistling past the graveyard.

President Clinton picked the best and the brightest – and now they have more experience in a lot of different areas. Who would you rather have Obama pick? You liked the Bush appointees with no qualifications? You want a fresh face like Joe the Plumber?

Change will come from the direction Obama leads: he's getting the best people around to make that happen ... he's getting an experienced, intelligent fired-up group of people to help and that's good for a change!

Clinton has her own agenda. Beware Barack. Bill Clinton is promoting her big time because he wants her on the road and we all know why.....

Lilarose in Bandon, Oregon November 24th, 2008 2:32 pm ET

"Open Letter to President George W. Bush:

President Bush, I beseech you to resign as president of the United States TODAY.

If you truly love your country, you will do this for the rest of us and let us move on to save what remains of our country."

What do you think would happen if Bush resigned? If you dont know, Cheney would be President.

The "best and brightest" would be Republicans–this group is , thankfully, not Obama's choice, but the Clinton's choice. The 2nd "best and brightest! At least Axelrod is smart enough to advise Obama that sucess in any form includes the Clinton's! I look forward to another Clinton Presidency–at least it will not be "far left"

What a wonderful team!!!! Finally we are going to have some really smart people in Washington!!!! As a former republican of over 40 years I voted for Obama this year and I'm soooo proud I did!!! It really is going to work and he will get us out of the mess the republicans got us into!!!

I think they will get along or they will be gone.

THE SELECTION OF HILLARY WILL BE OBAMA'S FIRST BIG MISTAKE.

We have seen how hard Obama fought to get the most difficult work in the world today. His calm and thoughful demeanor carried him through the most difficult process of running for president. Now we should all pray for him to succeed. Because his success is our success.

Obama is picking an excellent cabinet. Thanks to him, change should come!

Excellent choices all way round. I am an enthusiastic Obama support but Clinton was a strong second choice. She will be an excellent Secretary of State.

Once again the media is hitting poor Hillary Clinton.Instead of raising issues of what she would or would not do in the Obama cabinet,should we not be talking about his judgement in wanting her in his Cabinet when HE TOLD THE WORLD THAT SHE HAD POOR JUDGEMENT IN HER VOTES ON THE IRAQ WAR AND SHE WAS UNFIT TO LEAD BECAUSE OF THAT?

So far HRC is the weakest pick of the lot, and the only one who is purely political. Being married to a President doesn't make you a foreign affairs expert any more than being married to a brain surgeon would make you a doctor.

Looking forward to Hillary taking this job. She deserves this , she worked for Obama and helped to get him elected , she gave it up and that must have been hard to do, she deserves credit for that alone. She is her own woman and will do the job on her own . Leave Bill out of it , how would the rest of the world like being judged for their spouses behavior. Leave her alone on that, it's not fair and very judgemental.

Sexism 101:

Obama's enormous ego – "leadership"
Hillary's enormous ego – a "problem"

When will it be OK to have a strong, confident, smart woman around?

Lilarose:

President Bush cannot resign because if he did Dick Cheney would be President not Obama.

Trueindependent:

She is a U.S. Senator and has a great record of representing NY. Sec. of State is a step down for her.

I'm so proud of America. We have just fused the two brightest Democratic rivals, the Obamas and the Clintons. One that can manage and one with a proven track record of stability.

MMMMmmm...so let me see. Biden voted to invade Iraq, and Hillary voted to invade Iraq. yeah...real good decision Obama. More of the same. "Change" mean appointing Washington insiders. Obama, like Bush, is way in over his head. I guess that's why he's appointing people like Hillary. he needs someone to bail him out. This is just like those SNL "3 am phone call" skits.

Hillary Clinton , Robert Gates, Jim Jones
all-star lineup??

Boy, talk about dumbed down expectations..

This is what McCain would have like to call "All hands on Deck" these people are professionals and they will check their ego at the door for the good of the country. it is an ALL-Star cast of people and we should expect nothing less from our government. same on the economic front; there are no positions to spare and this Administration will need strong individuals to lead and to carry out a plan. Sen. Obama is demonstrating his willingness to do whatever it takes to get the country on the right track and I believe the public will like that in the end

And what is Hillary going to be advising him on....., dodging sniper fire??

CNN "When the phone rings at 3 a.m. ..." Thanks for opening the article with one of catch-phrases for the Hillary haters. Cheap shot and a thinly veiled intro to today's 2 minutes of hate ("1984").

We no longer hate Hillary, She has always been on Obama's side. Just like in "1984" – "we have always/never been at war with...."

From 1984 Bush-style to 1984 Obama-style. Sort of a change.......

Hiliary: you would not have been my choice, but since I believe in Barack, let us all move forward.

All star line up!? Or cold blast from the past!!??

can't wait for the change you bring.
except don't spend too much time hunting the Osama bin Laden ghost..

we all know he is dead.. well according to ex-Pakistani Chair Bhutto knew bin Laden was dead.. Oh yeah what happened to her?

she died shortly after her BBC interview proclaiming bin Laden dead.
we need to focus more on energy, cosmos and getting the hell out from under Israel's thumb. They're preparing to bomb Iran yanno...

well you might not since i imagine no one will post such honest comments

Go Hillary. The world and our country will be a better place with you as our Secretary of State.

Looks like Obama is trying to get the best and brightest. And from there, figure out how to get us out of the wilderness and back into the light. Oh, the beautiful light.

Obama needs to bring a muzzle and a flack jacket to every meeting he has with the drama queen and Mr. cigar man

Because Obama is not a person who believe is hiring just "yes" men the way Bush/Cheney did, does not mean it can't work. For heavens sake, at least give the man a chance to do things his way. If this isn't change from the "Rovian" method, I don't know what is.

Truth be told, I really do not see what in being the wife of a former President qualifies Senator Clinton for the Secretary of State position.

On the other hand, I think the enormity of the other resumes of the other key players would ‘encourage’ Sen Clinton to be drama-free.

If she is not an effective team player, P-E Obama would not hesitate to get rid of her, and that would be the end of her political ambition. Really, who would want to hire someone who was fired from his or her last job for 'Cause'?

with obama's lead and hillarys knowledge it's bound to be heading in the right direction.

No one needs to have a darn ego. Just do your job and get this country back on track. No one is trying to outdo the other. You were hired to work together for the best of america. Leave those egos outside.....

Looks like the Clinton administration is hard at work. Change????? I don't think so.

Open Letter to President George W. Bush:

President Bush, I beseech you to resign as president of the United States TODAY.

If you truly love your country, you will do this for the rest of us and let us move on to save what remains of our country.

It's starting to look like what JFK did, put the best and the brightest around you. I just hope President Obama can manage all this enormous ego's