Looks as if the Obama transition team, unlike the Clinton or Carter transition teams, has due respect for the amount of good, or harm, Congress can do to a President’s agenda. Ignore the people who say that Obama can’t really intend to change the way business is done in Washington if he’s hiring a bunch of insiders to work for him. “Changing medical practice” doesn’t mean hiring carpenters to replace all the surgeons.
I’m sure I’ll be disappointed somewhere along the way, but so far the transition has the same hallmarks the campaign did: a leader self-confident enough not to be arrogant.
