McInsane: have you lost your McMind? First is trust. How can we trust him to do anything he promised like Moses on the mountain that he would do if he promised to change so, so much and yet it looks like another 4 years for the Clinton administration and the capitol hill gang? Second, do you think he'll operate in a vacuum? Do you think he has the experience to do that? These people will BE his policies. The "stuff" you refer to should be whats best for America but with so many career politicians in his administration it will just be what's best for them. McOut.

IT IS NOT A PROBLEM TO HIRE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST,I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE THE FIRST PERSON THAT A DOCTOR OPERATED ON, OBAMA HAS TO DIRECT HIS CABINET ON WHAT HE WANTS DONE AND HOW THEY GET IT DONE AND INSURE THAT FAILUR
E IS NOT AN OPTION

Don, there has already been huge change. People are hopeful, the world is hopeful, we have an intelligent president who isn't just out to help his big oil buddies by starting a useless war.

Just because he has SOME of the same people in his cabinet doesn't mean it's going to operate the exact same way. Let's give him a chance.

He's already said he's going to close guantanamo, that's a huge change.
He's already said he will stop allowing torture, that's a huge change too.
Don't worry, there WILL be big changes no matter who he picks in his cabinet.

william: I agree: the president needs experienced people around him. People experienced with character, integrity, respect for our constitution and the principles of our government's foundation. People knowledgeable on the history of our country, the structure of the federal governemnt and the government's intended role in our society. People with the morality to preserve, protect and defend those principles. Those people are NOT Washington insiders or former Clinton staffers and certainly not Hillary. I agree he needs expereinced people, but all he has so far experienced politicians that know how to benefit personally from an opportunity.

When are people going to realize, that all this focus on what Pres-Elect Obama's appointments mean, is just more media hype?
Generally, since Clinton was the only Dem President, in close to 30 years, his pool of talent is where Obama had to look, for experience.
What these appointments say about Obama, is that experience is very important to him, with the mess this Country is in right now.
It doesn't suggest anything about Obama's policy decisions, since he'll be in charge of policy, not his appointees.
It will be their job to implement his policies. He made this clear during his campaign, even when it comes to military affairs... that he'll take advice from Generals, but as Commander-in-Chief he sets the policy, and goals, and the military implements it.
So, chill. This immediate gratification thing, that everyone wants to know the future before it happens, is crazy.
We're just going to have to wait, and see what Pres-Elect Obama does.

I missed tha Penny Pritzker news,

Why don't you do a little article about her and let everyone see the skills that are needed to be Commerce Secretary-other than donating huge sums of money to Obama over the years and, again, working on his campaign. (Close ties there to Emanual too.) Tell the public about the Pritzker family's failed bank and how they were in the forefront of pushing sub-prime loans.

McInsane: it seems you've set the bar pretty low if you feel there has already been "Huge" change. Intelligence is the least we need from our president. Everyone is intelligent. What we need is integrity, character, wisdom and respect for his role and the rule of law. It doesn't matter what Obama does, folks like you will make - irrational - excusses for him and in 4 years time will be calling for "Change" yet again. He's already said that is going to .... and? So? What else has he said he's going to do and not yet done? Don't get me wrong. I'm not a McCain/Palin supporter. That dynamic duo was a big joke. I just see Obama-man for what he is: another self serving politician who happens to be black.

HEY, everyone!
Obama's not even out of the gate yet, and he's being called a "false start"!
I'm with the folks who are saying, "Let's hang on before we "hang" him!!
Every move, every conversation, every single Obama voter is watching, waiting
for evidence of change!
He still has my vote: I didn't watch, look and listen to ALL of them for two years of campaigning to jump to negative conclusions before he even gets a chance to breathe in his new job!
For God's sake! Give him a chance...
I am not a sucker!

Apparently a lot of people were right. He doesn't have the experience to do the job or he wouldn't be appointing all the same old people that have already run this country into the ground. Liar, liar, pants on fire. Change? Looks like more of the same to me.

Don, I appreciate your concern for my level of consciousness, but I think you can rest assured I am wide awake and paying attention. That is the reason I have not been disappointed or concerned. I am impressed with this very businesslike and focused transition President Elect Obama is running. It is a remarkable set of talents this man has because he can inspire participation and he is also potentially the best manager the White House has seen. I have never felt like the country was in more pragmatic, "let's get the job done" hands in my lifetime and I have seena few Presidents. Did you think he would fill the cabinet with MoveOn.? I doubt that would have made you happy and it would have resulted in a failed Presidency. He isn't dictator, he is President of a Democracy and has to work with Washington to change Washington. Watch and learn, and don't fall asleep.

Don, I'll meet you half way and admit that I would prefer less washington insiders.
That being said, he hasn't finished picking his cabinet. In fact he's barely started.
I'm not surprised by his choices though. He does need people who know washington and can get things done. Even if his agenda is one of change. Jimmy Carter proved this when he got all outsiders for his cabinet.

Let's take a step back and see what happens. Give him the first 100 days to see if things are changing.

Keith:

That story idea is a great one. Don't hold your breath waiting to read it here or any of the MSM ... they don't believe in facts any more, just opinions. Penny Pritzger is just the otip of the money iceberg.

Okay for those of you that disagree with the choices Obama has made thus far.Would you say that our economy is in bad shape?Would you say that there are problems in health care, education, our standing in the world, our troop presense.Would it be okay to liken the work that needs to be done to all of these issues to open heart surgery.Okay if i can. Now it is fine and necessary that new doctors participate in that critical, delicate and skilled procedure.Answer this.What person in their right mind would not want experienced doctors in the room involved in the process?

I believe in miracles, I believe in President Elect Barack Obama! He is doing his best. Who can ask for more? Not you and not me.

TV: I totally agree with your experience scenarios. So, I take it you voted for McCain?

And while we're talking about experience, how does Pritzker's experiences with driving a bank into insolvency shore up confidence in the Secretary of Commerce elect?

Obama needs to select people with experience to cover for his lack of experience. It is like naming Hillary to SOS; he is in an SOS (desperately needs help) state, reality of what he needs to do is sinking. The change he promised is an utopy.

YOU HIRE THE SAME PEOPLE AND EXPECT A TOTLLY DIFFERNT OUTCOME??????? YOU SAY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE. YES THEY DO AND THAT EXPERIENCE IS WHAT DETERMINES THE SOLUTIONS THE ARRIVE AT, SO THEIR SOLUTION WILL LOOK THE SAME AS THE DID IN THE PAST. THEY SAID MORE OF BUSH??? HOW ABOUT MORE OF CLINTON?

It is hillarious of how all of the Obama supporters are trying to justify that he is not bringing the new people to Washington he campaign and stated all the time he was going to do (we need to change Washington, blah, blah, blah) by saying for example, that you need people with experience. Duh!!!; we all know that, but that is not what he said and promised. The most hillarious is the comparison that you are not going to let an unperienced doctor to operate on you. Of course not. But you Obama supporters allowed somebody with no experience at all to be elected President. Talking about an oxymoron, aren't we? So, yes we are all now going to be "operated" by an unexperienced doctor that needs to rely on people with experience in old Washington politics.

Jim Cummings, More of Clinton would be a breath of fresh air compared to what we got the past 8 years. However, I believe that we will see some huge changes even compared to the clinton years. Only about 50% of his cabinet so far is from the clinton years and he still has a lot more picks to make.

Definitely Common Sense, first of all Obama never said he was going to have new people in his cabinet, he just said he would change how things were done.

Second of all, I would take Obama's experience and decision making in a heartbeat over Bush's.