Obama’s Real Bipartisan Change So Far: Republicans in His Cabinet

By MJK | February 3, 2009

Obama has kept his word regarding change in politics in one way — he is graciously bringing in Republicans into his Cabinet. Keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates, from the Bush Administration, was an honest admission by Obama that Gates’ strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan is working. Kudos for Obama in doing this.

Obama also kept the recent tradition of including a member of the opposite party as Secretary of Transportation by appointing former Congressman Ray LaHood. And by nominating Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as Commerce Secretary, Obama will create a respectably, politically diverse Cabinet. Obama deserves ture credit for these overtures.

Now though it is up to Obama to see if he desires to create bipartisanship in the legislative process. So far, the Stimulus debacle from the House of Representatives is a bad start, but in fairness to Obama, super-liberals from the House hijacked the Stimulus Bill by porking it up with non-stimulative spending. We will now see if Obama can repair this impaired Bill in the Senate . . .

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I was born and raised in Washington DC, the capital of politics. I have a background in law and finance, and have funded and consulted for various technology-related small businesses. I currently reside in New York city. I truly enjoy discussing, debating, and thinking about global political and social issues. After many years, I was encouraged to start my own blog so that I could share my ideas at large, and learn from the comments and interactions with the general public. From an ideological perspective, I would consider myself a moderate-conservative, but often take centrist positions on certain issues.