Information abounds about all of the new appointments, new faces, new influences on the soon-to-be Obama administration. I liked this link I found today as a quick reminder, overview for the whole team (even though there was music involved!); have a feeling that I'll return for a reminder here & there as things get 'underway'.
The annual poll 'who do you admire most' just conducted has Obama far ahead of any other (over 35%)--which is a great place to be starting a 'trial-by-fire' term. (First time since Eisenhower that an incoming president-elect filled that slot. Of note, GW Bush is 2nd (5%) & J McCain is 3rd (about 3%), and Sarah Palin is 2nd for most admired women (about 11%). Dang--still! Hillary, however, still reigns in the #1 spot--and has mostly maintained that spot for over fifteen years. Again, a good thing for the incoming administration that 'the public' starts with good thoughts at the beginning of what certainly will be a long slog
.I was reminded this week that not all of us were winners on the home front in November. My Arizona brother pointed out that even though collectively we all gain from Janet Napolitano moving to the Obama cabinet, the governor's seat will revert from blue to red at home; and Senator/candidate McCain had some coat tails at home which moved the state legislature to firmly red both houses. The Arizona flip flop from blue to red to blue over & over is not a new surprise, but it is disappointing that our national gain enhanced their loss at home.
In other national winner/loser catch up, however, we may have gotten a Christmas eve present from the Minnesota supreme court: it looks like Al Franken may really be 'the one', can you believe it? Although the certification of the election (which will surely have court battles to follow) is not expected until after New Years, Franken is now 46 votes ahead. So the 'unknown' senators are narrowing down.
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