| The fact that Obama has nominated Gates to stay on as defence chief is surely indicative that he is comfortable with his performance in the job. Furthermore, he has retained a senior official under the moribund Bush administration- feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not aware that Bush retained anyone from the succesful Clinton administration when he was first elected?
So this Republican faux indignation is a charade. I naturally don't expect a staunch Republican to become pro Obama overnight, and I guess the comprehensive way the US people rejected the GOP must sting, but every action taken by Obama thus far in his transition phase comprehensively rebuts the panic mongering and virtual hysteria that has emanated from the Republican Right, ceaselessly, for the last 18 months or so.
I suppose this is what hurts the staunch Republican faithful the most, but brace yourselves for a sober, rational and popular Presidency.
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