When I interviewed Panetta, I was so impressed by his candidness that I noted at the end of the transcript of our conversation: "Panetta is the least full of himself guy I've ever interviewed."
It was just over a year ago that at one presidential debate three candidates identified themselves as not believing in the theory of evolution.
Sanjay Gupta and Michael Moore -- essentially two experts on health care who disagree ideologically on a range of health concerns -- had a fascinating exchange on Larry King Live.
Bill Richardson and Barack Obama have always seemed a bit like an odd couple -- Richardson has always been only a step or two ahead of trouble.
Having frozen Panetta out of the California governor's race in 1998 by not deciding whether to run until he had no chance of lining up financial backing, now would be a good time to stand aside and let him rise to the occasion.
The next time you find yourself getting pissed off at Obama, say these words out loud,"George Bush."
At the CIA I knew, the consequences for taking a day of sick leave adjacent to a weekend were far greater than the consequences of say, leaving classified documents in the back of a rental car.
Placing an inexperienced person like Leon Panetta at CIA for his clean hands and "managerial expertise" will cost lives on the day of the next domestic terrorist attack.
Here is one Democrat's assessment of who might be seated around the Cabinet Room table shortly after January 20, 2009 if Obama is elected president.
Obama comes into office with a clear election mandate, and the last thing he needs is the public view of a bunch of squabbling Democrats (see: Burris, Roland) doing the GOP's work for it.
To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.
Leo Hindery, who was an economic advisor to the Obama campaign and authored the interesting book It Takes a CEO, is a real stand out who the Obama team should consider for Commerce.
It's exciting to see someone who comes from your stock make it big. But another neurosurgeon-makes-good story is going to make the rest of us look even more like underachievers.
Leon Panetta certainly understands intelligence. But, most importantly, he understands the importance of our intelligence apparatus operating on the moral, ethical, and legal high ground.
That huge sucking sound you hear is Republicans trying to control their laughter. The two groups duking it out over education are largely within the Democratic Party.
The generally low public regard that Richardson was held in during his brief presidential foray seemed odd -- the public didn't quite see him as a major player.
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OH NO!!! Everyone will be fighting with EVERYBODY!!!
Panic everyone. The end is near.
Now, who wants lemonade?
They are reaching for stories now. This is pure fluff.
Obviously this reporter continues to almost miss deadline with NO story....not worth the print, but I guess he keeps his job another day...
If the authors (Michael D. Shear and Ceci Connolly) of this fluffy claptrap are such omniscient soothsayers, where were they and what were their prescient prognostications for the past eight years?
Show us how accurate they were on predicting the elections, the economy, 9/11, natural disasters, POLITICAL disasters,... No?...how about Oscar winners?... No?... fashion?,,, No? ...TIME magazine's Person of any of those years?... No? ...estimated Girl Scout Cookie sales?... No?... Washington DC being hot in summer, cold in winter?... No?... estimated time of tomorrow's sunset?... No?
Some of THE MAGIC WORDS are: "maybe", "may be", "possibly", "might", "could", and "history has shown that this USUALLY happens".
It's a January thing, I suppose. Time to make predictions. Because that gives faux-fortune tellers and their believers twelve months to forget and start building more Boogymen.
Hey, it helps fill newspaper space!... and that "maybe", "may be", "possibly", "might", "could", and "history has shown that this USUALLY happens"... keep some people employed.
This is ridiculous! Give us some news worth reading, please. Ready to give up completely on MSM as the objective always seems to be to create fear and flame mistrust. Opinions are fine, but they shouldn't be elevated to this.