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Obama Tilts to Center, Inviting a Clash of Ideas

by 158 | November 22, 2008 at 11:05 am

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Now, his reported selections for two of the major positions in his cabinet — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Timothy F. Geithner as secretary of the Treasury — suggest that Mr. Obama is planning to govern from the center-right of his party, surrounding himself with pragmatists rather than ideologues.

The choices are as revealing of the new president as they are of his appointees — and suggest that, from its first days, an Obama White House will brim with big personalities and far more spirited debate than occurred among the largely like-minded advisers who populated President Bush’s first term.""

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22assess.html?hp

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eastvanray

at 13:31 on November 22nd, 2008

Ya,

He is acting alot like the last good Republican President, Regan, who populated his cabinet with descenters rather than the yes men of his successors. A strong leader never isolates himself with like-minded people as it leads to the intellectual stagnation of the decision making process. Good on Obama.