My Gates Theory

Posted on 11/26/2008 at 8:42 am by Bob Cesca

by Lee Stranahan

Two little theories, really. 1) This idea has been in the works for a long time. 2) When 60 Minutes asked P-E Obama about having a Republican in his cabinet, this is who he meant.

I am sure there were other options but I’m just as sure that Gates has been internally vetted as someone who won’t have any problem being part of Team Obama. In fact, I’ll bet he’s looking quite forward to being in a group of effective people with reality based policies. Could be make for an interesting memoir by Gates a few years down the road.

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  • Andhakari

    Gates isn’t a Republican. He’s worked in Republican administrations, but he’s a registered Independent.

  • dc_wilson

    Well said, Bob. I think Gates is a quantum leap above Rumsfeld as SecDefs go. It’ll be interesting to see down the road how he compares working with Obama’s “team of rivals” to Bush’s team of yes men.

  • yelorose

    As I see it “change” means policy change not the pepes implementing said policy. He never said change would be in how it was done or who would be doing it. I’d like to give him a chance to get in office & implement his policies before losing it. After 8 years of that, I think I can wait 50 or so days to decide.

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    I say Chuck Hagel for CIA director.