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Who is in Congress? Washington insiders.
Who's on the important congressional committees? Long time Washington insiders
Who's in high level management positions at all the Departments (State, Defense, Energy,etc)?
Washington insiders
Who will Obama have to work with to get anything done? Washington insiders.
How far will he get if he has an administration exclusively based on outsiders and they express their collective disdain for the insiders?
NOT VERY FAR!
I voted for Obama because I saw an intelligent man with some awareness of his shortcomings. In picking people who know how to work the levers of power, he's showing me that I'm not yet mistaken.
