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if you indeed understood so thoroughly that Obama would choose a raft of beltway insiders for his administration, how can you possibly have the hide to now show this moral outrage at the kind of vermin his net drew in? As you say, this is how Washington insiders work!
I think you missed the point of what I wrote. I'm not expressing outrage at his appointments. For many reasons, that he's appointing Washington insiders doesn't surprise me in the least. Obama has courted centrist Beltway power since he arrived. That's what I meant with that post two weeks ago that I don't understand how anyone could be surprised by this.
I'm arguing here that these appointees don't deserve praise, not that I'm outraged over them. The whole point is that it remains to be seen what their appointments mean -- does it mean Obama will adopt their ideology and governing style, or is he co-opting Washington power to implement his elevated vision?
Everyone can guess now. I have my own guesses. But why not wait and see what he does?
