This is where Hillary needs to be. Darn it.

Wait, for the last two and half years the messiah has preached change but so far he has named a Clinton has-been for AG, a former senator as HHSS and is offering Ms. Clinton the job of SOS. The only change I see is changing Republicans for Dems.

WOW, I had not thought of that. However, I am very concerned about the high profile position as SOS. Bill may do something to end up on the National Inquirer and the USA needed an international image overhaul as is!

Stop to think,

Washington outsiders can not hit the ground running. The USA is already in a mess and we need experienced people to take these post. The CHANGE was from a REPUBLICAN administration that bankrupt the country.

Amazed - I agree with you. If you remember the Carter Administration, he brought in all new people from outside. It was a disaster. You must have people in the administration who know the rules of the road so to speak elsewise nothing gets done and it it a disaster. I was disappointed that Dashell will be Health and Human Services Secretary. I think that is Hillary's best spot.

This is CHANGE. Going from the bush/cheney years to competence is the CHANGE this country needs.

Ok wait a minute. Hillary is NOT Bill Clinton. She's 10X better than Bill Clinton so how would that hurt our image? Secondly, for the last two years, everyone's been preaching that Obama isn't experienced enough, yet he's picking experienced cabinet members. If he, wasn't, you'd be complaining about that too! You also fail to mention that he's considering John McCain for Secretary of Defense...but that would have contradicted your point, right?

For those that think he isnt brining change. The only experienced Democrats we have in this country would be from the clinton administration morons. While i dont like HRC as SOS keep your friends close but your enemies closer. We have had nothing but republicans for 20+ years except for the clinton term so the experience comes from there. While i dont like Slick-Willy his team was top notch.

Daschle is a great choice.

Stop2think, obviously you are not following what your name suggests. You are only looking to carry on the negative attacks that your neo-con brethren know so well. If Obama had chosen someone from out of nowhere, you would be complaining that he picked someone without any kind of experience. Stop your hating and start participating.

So Obama's entire argument for why he was a better choice than Hillary was CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE. So far he's picked Biden for VP; Daschle for Health; Emmanuel, Craig, and Holder for top posts...all of whom were Clinton WH people; and it looks like he's now realizing he needs Hillary's expertise, international respect, and name recognition for foreign affairs. I still can't believe we chose Obama over Hillary. Why???????

If we are to have experienced people in place in the administration, they are going to have to be Clintonites. Jimmy Carter left office in 1981 - how many Jimmy Carter administration appointees are still working and "in the know" after 27 years?

Everyone wants to forget that it was the Clinton administration that pushed and allowed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase the ARM mortgages and try to get everyone in a house, no matter how much income you have. It was and is the Bush administration that has tried time and time again to put regulations on these entities and time and time again the Democratic cabinet has not done ANYTHING about it. Everyone needs to stop blaming one person for the mess this country is in and understand that it has been building up for many many years now.

To those who defend Obama's appointments by saying "of course we need experienced people who know their way around Washington", uh.....DUH!!!! This was why those of us who supported Hillary couldn't believe she was actually passed over for a man with not even one full Sebnate term under his belt and no true inside experience. His choices now prove to us we were right all along. That said, I'm glad he at least recognizes his enormous inexperience and is willing to surround himself with people who can teach him.

Jenny Rome,

Obama needs your input for the other cabinet positions because you are right on about the HHS Secretary. I believe offer for her to be the SOS was a strategic move to do some fence mending with the Democratic party.

You people crack me up. All we hear is change, change, change during the campaign and now that Obama is apointing Clinton has-beens (no change, politics as usual), everyone is now saying we can't have change, we need Washington insiders. You all crack me up...the "messiah" can do no wrong! You'll praise him and back him up no matter what he does!

Change is about being proactive. The change Obama promised is about the direction the nation's leaders were taking the US. He is changing the direction. Remember he is the President and will seek to change the course, and not the people he is appointing; whom he trusts and thinks have the experience and expertise to achieve those changes he desires. So please back off with that tunnel visioned Replublican way of thinking. Change has nautical points too. North, South, East and West. You don't always have to stick to one way.

OBAMA APPEARS TO BE SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS WHICH IS A KEY STRATEGY SINCE HE HIMSELF DOES NOT HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THIS IS WHAT LEADERS DO, THEY FIND THE MOST COMPETANT INDIVIDUALS TO FILL THE VOIDS. HE AND HIS TRANSITION TEAM ARE MAKING EDUCATED CHOICES. WE HAVE TO ALLOW TIME TO REVEAL THIS PRESIDENTS WORTH OR WORTHLESSNESS. DON'T PRE-JUDGE!

This spiral into the Obamanation sure makes me glad that I'm over 80
WRB

COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE!!!! Sorry for the yell but dang it someoone needs to get this man in the administration.