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Holder as Attorney General Would Expand Clinton Aides for Obama WRAL Raleigh Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama repeatedly is turning to the Clinton administration for his Cabinet and staff, the latest example coming yesterday when Eric Holder emerged as the leading candidate for attorney general. Holder, who served as former President Bill Clinton's deputy attorney general, is undergoing a formal check of his background by Obama's transition team and hasn't yet been formally offered the job, according to three Democrats familiar with the transition. Obama already has named Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff and Ron Klain to be Vice President-elect Joe Biden's chief of staff. Both served in the Clinton administration. John Podesta, who served as Clinton's chief of staff, is helping to run the transition process. In addition, Hillary Clinton is the leading candidate for secretary of state, a Democrat familiar with the matter said. Bill Richardson, who served as Clinton's energy secretary, also has been interviewed by Obama for a possible cabinet post.
I've been pointing out for a while that Obama, the candidate of change, is surrounding himself with the status quo. It's amazing the number of people who either don't realize that or willfully choose to ignore it.
Barack Obama: Change through Continuity, Hope for the Future with Vision from the Past.
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
