The proper context for a Team of Rivals
ILLUSTRATED: The executive branch has a superstructure not analogous to the 1860s.
President-elect Obama should be commended for hiring strong, smart people for his Cabinet. Some of whom he has not been associated with before, or were in fact intraparty rivals. People compare his with Lincoln, however the analogy is not correct. In Lincoln's day, there was not much of a White House staff between the president and Cabinet. Now there is a tremendous White House staff that coordinates across the executive branch.
President-elect Obama will have mostly supporters, many from Chicago, counseling him in the West Wing, and will have the experienced hands running the departments. Centralized control from change agents, and execution from people who know what they are doing. So there will in fact be CHANGE.
President-elect Obama should be commended for hiring strong, smart people for his Cabinet. Some of whom he has not been associated with before, or were in fact intraparty rivals. People compare his with Lincoln, however the analogy is not correct. In Lincoln's day, there was not much of a White House staff between the president and Cabinet. Now there is a tremendous White House staff that coordinates across the executive branch.
President-elect Obama will have mostly supporters, many from Chicago, counseling him in the West Wing, and will have the experienced hands running the departments. Centralized control from change agents, and execution from people who know what they are doing. So there will in fact be CHANGE.
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