re: #141 DeafDog

My understanding is that, prior to Obama, there have been 20 previous cabinet appointments that were unable to serve (either because of Senate rejection or withdrawal).

What’s Obama up to? 4 or 5?

You mean 20 prior cabinet appointments in the 200+ year history of the United States?

In fairness to Obama, an income tax didn’t exist for most of that time.

But that’s still no excuse. Obama’s “greenness” is showing. If the guy had ANY serious prior executive experience (not even necessarily in State or Federal gov’t), he would have know not to try to make the hires he did without more extensive vetting.