Look, while the racists in America struggle to get used to the idea that a Black man will actually become POTUS. dyed in the wool super liberals likewise have to start learning how politics actually works. People understand this, REAL politics is the art of COMPROMISE. It's similar to the intense negotiation that goes on relentlessly during a hard fought game of Monopoly. And in politics just like Monopoly if you don't have anything worthwhile to trade, for all intents and purposes, you're not even in the game.

Barack's spiel about Lincoln keeping his enemies close is great folksy homespun stuff and it's designed to comfort many people who worry over what will Barack do as President? But Barack is a hardball seasoned politician, and he told all of us (his supporters) during the primary that if he won the Presidency that from time to time he WOULD DO THINGS that many of us will disagree with; but he asked us to stay strong and keep the faith and all will come out alright in the end.

After January 20, Barack will inherit Bush's shit house with the used toilet paper ("good job Brownie")still on the floor. and Barack knows this. He also knows full well that as President that Job 1 on day 1 will be the economic DEPRESSION in America. Everybody knows this, especially first and foremost the Taliban know it, and they will make it a point to increase pressure on American troops both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now this is where the art of politics comes into play. Barack needs to make moves early to address these pressing needs. He has limited influence among the Democratic members of congress even though most of them campaigned for him during the Presidential campaign. Who, pray tell has the greatest influence among Democratic members of congress. I'll give you a clue, his last name is Clinton. Since slick willy left the White House his main interest has been in international affairs as mirrored in his foundations. Now if the Obama team can negotiate transparency for those foreign donors to Bill's foundations whose identities would create a conflict of interest for Hillary as Secretary of State, then she's booked. And then Barack would get the use of every iota of Bill's Congressional influence to get his (Barack's) NATIONAL RECOVERY legislation through congress. Meanwhile Bill gets to use Hillary's position to further his own international agenda. Short and simple folks, that's politics.

Personally, I think Governor Bill Richardson is really the best candidate for Secretary of State, because he would not only bring lots of experience, but he could take highly creative approaches to many of the current international problems as he would not be dragging a lot of old baggage into the position. Unfortunately Governor Richardson doesn't have anything big (towards fixing the economic collapse) that he can put on the political trading table. Many pundits have said Richardson should get the job because Obama owes it to the hispanics as a new constituency. However, symbolic political appointments as payback for such reasons are not job priority #1 for the incoming President. Once again, short and simple folks, that's politics.....