Back when Jimmy Carter was president-elect, the word was put out that Carter was interviewing a huge number of candidates for appointment. The late Ham Jordan said that “if you see Zbig Brezinsky at National Security and Cy Vance a Secretary of State, then I’d say we have failed [to bring change and new ideas].” Well, guess what.
Obama is stocking his new administration with all the usual suspects, and throwing political bones to the already high and mighty in the Democratic Party. Probably the worst example of this will be Hillary Clinton’s appointment as Sec/State. Her only qualification is her high profile in the party and her connection to Bill Clinton. Talk about political favors.
Yes, there will be ethnic diversity in the Obama administration. But ethnic diversity and quotaism should be a by product and not a goal.
