The issue is whether she can have the kind of close relationship with Obama that’s required to be an effective secretary of state. He needs to trust her implicitly; she needs to operate in a way that makes it unmistakably clear that his interests are her top priority. She must be the White House’s woman at the State Department.” Full Story »
Posted by Peter L. Combs
To:
Separate email addresses with commas.
25 recipients max.
Note:
This piece was more shallow than I'd expected going into it. We're offered a handful of sources, some anonymous, who comment on the combativeness of Obama's transition team members, but there's not a lot of background or good anecdotal evidence that gives us insight into these personalities.
To be truly effective in what it set out to show, this piece should have been magazine-length. Most of this sounds like Beltway gossip.
An interesting update from Chicago giving us an abbreviated look at the personalities and dynamics taking shape within Mr. Obama's Transition team. Strong experienced and self determined people it seems so far are the shared characteristics. A well detailed and thoughtful look in.
Barrack Obama is assembling a diverse and strongly dynamic group of personalities not use to be given direction or known to take it easily. Whether ... More »
I'd rank it as a quality piece because it provides some credible insight and a balanced perspective on the particular subject. It is a subject, however, that lends itself to greater subjectivity rather than objectivity. How do you go about factually reporting "shy and retiring?"
Although antidotes are interesting =, there needs to be more basis of fact to come to some of the conclusions that are presented. "Shy and Retiring" is plain hook - no substance - no support in the article.
I think what needs to be learned by mainlanders is that Ho' Oponpono is a process that is learned in Hawaii and it is taught in Hawaiian Public ... More »
Retrieving Comments
