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Five days of careful consideration when a former President is involved is not a lot. I would certainly hope there is as much time as needed despite pundit demands for more drama to feed their machines.
I wouldn't depend on media for vetting a Secretary of State, and I am glad the future Administration isn't either. The media has been left to speculate, which is not a substitution for vetting but sometimes pundits don't understand the difference. The media will survive their self-imposed dramas, the rest of us are.
In the meantime, there is an intense drama in Congress about the Auto Industry. What happens there impacts directly millions of people. Whoever is chosen for Secretary of State, very possibly makes no difference to those people's lives or the economy. But apparently that doesn't have the celebrity factor necessary for maximum cable punditry.
