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Unless and until there's an official announcement of his offer and her acceptance or rejection, and not just a bunch of inconsistent leaks, can we just stop all the mindless speculation and bitching and mudslinging, that is little more than a rehash of the primary battle with slightly different wording?
Jeebus H. Keeryst, people! Cut it out!
Anyway, to Joan's final point about other Cabinet appointments: I really like Daschle for HHS and Napolitano for DHS (although that would mean AZ would get a GOP governor, but ah well.) The woman he's picked for Commerce (whose name escapes me now) sounds interesting too but I know little about her. Holder for AG sounds fine.
Here are two suggestions from me to the Obama transition team:
1) Treasury Secretary: Paul Krugman, hands down. He's a Nobel Prize-winning economist, an excellent writer, and an economic liberal/progressive in the mold of a Keynes or Galbraith. That's what this country needs right now, and not more neoliberal laissez-faire market fundamentalist nonsense. Barack, pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease pick Krugman! I don't care if his selection would piss off Goldman Sachs--in fact, that's all the more reason to do it!
2) Surgeon General: How about Howard Dean? He was a huge success as DNC Chairman and deserves to be rewarded for it, and he's stepping down from the post. He was widely rumored to be interested in HHS Secretary, so this would be a closely related consolation prize. Plus Dean is an M.D. And, with his outgoing, infectious personality and solid public speaking skills, he'd make a great national health spokesman. I could see him being our most active, successful, and memorable SG yet!
