Democratic Politicians Are All Vying for High Profile Jobs With Obama Administration

President-elect Obama has a chance to be truly visionary here, or to continue to be just another politician who said what was necessary to become president. It appears, at least according to the media here, that powerful politicians in the Democratic Party are all vying for top positions in the Obama Administration. Senators like John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, plus Governor Bill Richardson are all trying to become the next Secretary of State. But honestly, why them? Why do these politicians really feel that they would make the right choice as Secretary of State?

This country is in dire need of a Colin Powell-like leader, not another freaking politician, but if things go the way that quid pro quo seems to let it, we're going to end up with a politician who paid his dues to the Democrats rather than a statesman who really paid his dues to foreign policy for this country. I'm sorry, but just because someone is a popular senator does not make that person the right person to represent our country to the rest of the world. Just because someone is good at getting legislation passed in an old boy's school network of government does not mean that person is the right individual to be negotiating with the future of America with some of the most nefarious characters in the world. We need someone with stature like Powell, not some politico that is really looking for the next rung to keep climbing up that political ladder.

So, Obama really has a choice here. He can go for the political solution, which makes him just like any other politician, or he can continue his promise of change and show us that the future is going to really be one of positive change where he puts the interests of the country in front of him, instead of behind him as an afterthought.

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