I suppose it was inevitable.
I knew the Obama honeymoon would have to end.
I just didn't expect it so soon.
What's that, you say? It hasn't even begun yet? Really?
I couldn't tell. At least not from the latest round of hand wringing over Obama staff picks and appointments going on in the netroots.
Whether it is Rahm as CoS, or a potential Hillary pick as Secretary of State, some of us seem awash in a hand wringing exercise over how the Obama cabinet might shake out.
Count me out of the concern.
The simple reason is change.
Remember what Obama ran on. He ran on change. To be sure, he ran on change on how Washington is run, but more central to that theme, he ran on change of how Bush and Cheney ran Washington.
Pretty simple construct, really. Is anybody truly worried that Rahm is going to be worse than Andrew Card, or shudder, Karl Rove? Or that Hillary would be worse than Condi?
I'm not. And neither is the vast majority of America who gave Obama a mandate. Because they know an Obama presidency is turning the page on 8 years of Bush rule.
There are massive, massive challenges our next President is going to fact. MASSIVE challenges:
* A failing and flailing economy
* Wars on two fronts, one of which must end
* Reinventing government response to crisis, i.e. No More Katrinas
* A broken health care system
* Climate change that threatens us all on a global scale
* An energy policy that, well, is non-existent
Do you think the American people care about squabbles on who gets to be the deputy undersecretary for typewriter maintenance at the GAO?
Hint: they don't. So long as that person isn't tied to George W. Bush, they could care less. And another hint: those people that are career folks at all these agencies, many (if not most) of whom can't wait for the current crew in Washington to pack up and leave, yeah, they don't care either. They just want new bosses who aren't the same as the old bosses.
So rant on if you like. Me? I'm just happen that change is actually coming. Change from the last eight years. That is the mainstream position in America...not worries about who gets what job.
That's why I voted for and worked for Obama's election. Bottom line.