Even though I'm generally a big supporter of Obama, and believe that he is going to be a lot better president than Bush, I still don't rubber stamp he does. I questioned his drawing too much on familiar old democratic party figures for his top cabinet and other advisors. How can he represent change if what we are getting is more of the same?

Why he has put himself thru all of this in the last couple weeks spending his political capital defending guys (and a gal) who have income tax problems is beyond me. I mean, Geitner shouldn't have gotten in as Treasury Secretary, really.

An article in yesterday's USA Today entitled " 'Two nobodies from nowhere' craft winning ad'," about two brothers from Indiana who won the Doritos ad contest and got their ad broadcast during the Superbowl, and walked away with the award for the most popular ad, had the following quote which I think is applicable. "Regular people have great ideas." This quote is attributed to one of the judges of the ads, all "regular people."

Obama should have known better. I know that the political pressure to have democratic party big shots put into these spots had to have been immense, and these are people that know the system, and you want some of those around you. But, "regular people have great ideas," and we need that right now, especially if we are going to change things.

Do I think any "regular people" will make into the upper echelons of the Obama administration? No, not really. But they should. In a nation of 300 million people, we ought to be able to draw from more than a pool of a few hundred people to lead the country, especially when that pool has failed us so miserably in the past.