TW: Cohen gets a rare two poster from one column out this piece from me. The first point relates to the nature of dissent in the White House as initially embodied in the Obama cabinet.
From Roger Cohen at Int'l Herald Tribune:
"...I'm thankful for many things right now...The first is that Barack Obama is a man of sufficient self-confidence to entrust the critical job of Secretary of State to his former rival, Hillary Clinton. She has the strength and focus to produce results. The second is that he's a man of sufficient good sense to retain the remarkable Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.
President Bush had one overriding criterion in choosing his inner circle: loyalty. The result was nobody would pull the plug on stupidity. Obama wants the kind of competence and brainpower that challenge him. The God-gut decision-making of The Decider got us in this mess. Getting out of it will require an Oval Office where smart dissent is prized."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/26/opinion/edcohen.php
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