Sounds like some people are having difficulty in accepting the peoples' choice for President. The suggestion that President Elect Obama is incapable of being President because he is trying to surround himself with smart people is really stupid. If he wants to do a good job he must listen to and work with people like John McCain and Lindsey Graham. For those of you who didn't vote for Obama. Lets wait and see how he does. He certainly couldn't do worse than George Bush. And the "geniuses" who elected Bush are probably the same people who are now against Obama. If you don't love America with a President Obama get the hell out of the country. "America-Love it or Leave it".

At least Obama is humble enough to except he doesn't know everything, surround himself with talented people and truly reach out to republicans... It shows class and above all, it shows he is serious about cutting the dems vs reps attitude that has plagued washington and left the "status quo" as the in-fighting kept anything from being done...

It really speaks towards the mans intelligence to call on people with greater insight on issues than He has. If any of the idiots who posted negative comments believe that Presidents of the past were lone decision makers then you need to study politics alot more. Our current President Bush was the closest to a President trying to go at it alone and we can see where it has placed our country. Obama is making moves to unite a fragmented and split government, let us who really believe in America support his efforts.

John McCain can either be an Obama ally,
or he can be nobody. He is a warmonger that was busted and casted aside overwhelmingly by the American people on November 4 for supporting Bush's wars unconditionally. And with bigger democratic majorities now in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, McCain's prior clout under a Republican administration
has evaporated.

Obama doesn't need McCain for anything,
but he probably wants to be what is called "Magnanimous in Victory" and thus allow McCain to fade out of his political career with a sense of dignity. That would probably enhance Obama's charisma as a uniter of people of all persuasions that will help him govern the country with consensous. And for McCain it will be a nice bone to chew on on the dog days ahead of him until his retirement.
Nikos Retsos, retired academic

Republicans shoouted their mantra "Country First" at their rallies. Now that the election is over we see clearly how hollow and hipocritical they are - by reading their posts here or watching Fox attacts. The anti-intellectual movement overtaking Republicans has left them bankrupt and irrelevant. McCain will return to his old self and become a leader in the Senate. His party has a lot of work to do before Americans trust them again - my guess is 12 years minimum.

all fo you obama haters need to fall back yall are just mad just because he became president and he promised change and we are gonna get that so yall need to fall back and deal with the simple fact that he is president!!!!!

Hate, fear and division. It's all Republicans have. They sure don't have any ideas, any knowledge about how to govern effectively and they sure don't have control of the White House.

I think President-elect Obama is brillent! Yes, keep your friends close and your enemies CLOSER! It makes total sense to bring on board those who who would otherwise lead the charge against anything you try to get done in the Senate.

To those who make ad hominem attacks against President-Elect Obama:

The election is over, the majority of American voters have spoken.

Give President-Elect Obama a chance and give him your support as the President of all Americans.

Barack Obama has selected Gregory Craig as White House counsel, a move that will recall some controversial legal cases over the last few years. Craig has plenty of experience in politics as well as the courtroom, having served as Bill Clinton’s legal counsel during the impeachment hearings.

Besides defending Clinton through the impeachment process, an effort that Craig lost, who else had the benefit of Craig’s counsel?

--Elian Gonzalez’s father - Craig represented the father who demanded the return of his son after his estranged wife died trying to take Elian to freedom. Most people saw this as a thinly-veiled publicity stunt from Fidel Castro, attempting to embarrass the US. The dispute got resolved when Janet Reno ordered an ARMED ASSAULT on the house where Elian’s family in the US provided him a home.

--John Hinckley, Jr - Craig presented and won the insanity defense that allows Ronald Reagan’s would-be ASSASSIN to spend weekends with his family now.

--Kofi Annan - The former Secretary-General of the UN hired Craig to defend his interests in the Volcker Commission probe of the OIL-FOR-FOOD scandal, which put billions of dollars into Saddam Hussein’s pockets while providing cash for Annan’s son, his deputies, and some for Annan himself.

--Pedro Gonzalez Pinzon - A Panamanian legislator wanted for MURDERING an American soldier in 1992. The Dallas Morning News demanded that Obama force Craig to drop the case during the campaign, but no report of whether he did is easily available.

I doubt that any President has selected the defender of a presidential assassin as White House Counsel before now. Does anyone want to guess how long that takes to become a Trivial Pursuit question?

Given Craig’s dubious client list, especially Gonzalez Pinzon as an apparent active client, this selection is a disgrace. The last person we need in the White House is an attorney who represented assassins, Castro and his goons, corrupt UN executives, and a suspected killer of an American soldier. Those are the people the White House should focus on STOPPING, not embracing.

I hope the American people, even the bitter bloggers here, would follow the lead of Senator McCain and President-Elect Obama: we need to work together, and respect one another if we're to help this great country.

Civility goes a long way to making the world a better place. Taking on a respectful tone does much to one's dignity--name-calling posts just make McCain's supporters look undignified.

people stop criticising but you can only prayer for our leaders instead.....

we are grown up so let's stop querelling because it won't help & it won't even reach to Pres. Obama neither MCcain...please stop it...may God lead our Leaders AMEN!!!

people stop criticising but you can only prayer for our leaders instead.....

we are grown up so let's stop querelling because it won't help & it won't even reach to Pres. Obama neither MCcain...please stop it...may God lead our Leaders AMEN!!!

"The People's Choice?" Yeah, half the country plus two percent is a real mandate there.

I hope he doesn't cooperate. Liberal democrats have been doing it the last eight years, and they can't expect everyone to bow down to BHO.

I think it was once said "one of the greatest measures of intelligence is in knowing what you dont' know." That having been said, I don't think that Obama exactly needs McCain to tell him what he does not know, he does however, need his support in the Senate.

Obama is showing his leadership at its best. McCain couldn't change a diaper unless Palin showed him how...

Those who have commented on this article seem to have missed the important clue in the second sentence. Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote a book in 2005 about how Abraham Lincoln put together his cabinet and how he handled his political enemies. I was awed by Lincoln's brilliance and skill. My first thought was that Lincoln must have been an extraordinarily self-confident man to not feel threatened by surrounding himself with people of different ideas - including people who had strongly opposed him. My second thought was how Lincoln's decision to open his government to his opposition was one of the factors that made him one of our greatest Presidents.

Then, I thought that America needs another President with the same wisdom. At some point, I heard that Barack Obama had been influenced by Goodwin's book. And the recent actions taken by Obama and his transition team indicate to me that he has learned something important from Abraham Lincoln. And Goodwin deserves great credit for writing her book.

And to all of the commentators who are making claims about what an Obama administration will be like (including dictatorship), I suggest that first of all reading some of our great historians is valuable. And I suggest that you have no more of a crystal ball than any of us. If you want a great America, then follow Abraham Lincoln's example and see the greatness that can come from working together.

I voted for McCain, but even I have to give it up to Obama. He doesnt want to run the country into the ground. He is trying to reach middle ground, and that is a win-win situation for everyone. Atleast in these tough times he is willing to ask everyones opinion.

You can start supporting the Impeach Obama movement now or after his first series of disastrous and devastating decisions against America. There is NO reason to "give him a chance" when all of his policies are a disaster for America. As far as race relations go, his poor performance will unfortunately destroy our confidence in Arabic- I mean black - people and set race relations back 50 years.

There is an old business truism:

First rate managers hire first rate assistants.

Second rate managers hire third rate assistants.

Obama is the finest example of presidential material we have seen in decades.

Thank God Almighty, we're Bush-Free at last.