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Buchanan: The Kos crowd deserves a Cabinet pick

Why does a conservative seem to respect the Democratic left more than many Democrats? Plus: Pick Hillary, or don't, but get it over with!

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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 08:39 PM

    Obama's the Boss

    Let him hire all the Clinton-era staffers and officials he likes. He's hiring their expertise to enact his will. He's not hiring them to enact Bill Clinton's will.

    Their job is to do what Obama tells them to do; it's not as if Obama will install them in their posts, wind them up, and then spend the rest of his term smoking pot and phoning it in from Hawaii.

    Am I missing something here? Is there really cause for concern that I'm just not seeing? What *is* the concern, precisely?

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