"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Saturday, November 22, 2008

I'm Tempted to Say "Hah, Hah!"

But I won't. Megan McArdle say word it that Barack Obama won't name Austin Goolsbee chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. They want, instead, a woman or a minority in that post.

This has been all-too-typical of Obama's picks so far, ignoring more qualified advisers for people, often with less connection to Obama, that will score them more political points.

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