Accompanying this week's National Journal cover story on the Obama team's possible allies in Congress is a piece by Will Englund questioning whether there might be a downside to such cross-branch incestuousness.
Already, Barack Obama is shaping the most Congress-ready administration in memory, and maybe ever. It starts at the top -- the president, vice president, and chief of staff are all moving directly from Capitol Hill -- and it is a virtual certainty that a whole raft of key positions, from Cabinet secretaries on down, will end up with tenants from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.The transition team, especially, is heavy with congressional expertise. Although the administration will probably be more diverse than the transition staff, the reliance on House and Senate aides at this point could help the White House get out of the gate in January without stumbling.
Or at least stumbling in familiar ways.
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Responded on February 2, 2012 1:19 AM
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Responded on April 12, 2011 12:24 AM
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