Larry Gude
Strung Out
Abraham Lincoln assembled a cabinet of men who, nearly all, wanted his job and absolutely all who thought they were smarter than him and/or a better choice as POTUS. Seward, Chase, Stanton. Every single one of them was in some way or other, better than Lincoln in so far as they had a special talent or area of expertise. This takes a mans man, one self confident in his own abilities and a wisdom to find the best and most suitable for the job. In the end, Lincoln was the boss and let them all find that out, over time, by consistently being the wise man among the ego's.
Trump is a LONG way from being Lincoln but, so far, he seems headed for that sort of cabinet. Pence is an insider, known for being able to work with people in congress. That is indispensable and was the role Biden was supposed to perform for Obama but Obama poisoned that well early on. So, keep on eye on Trump and his comments to congressional leaders. Respectful and appreciative or dripping with the disdain Obama offered up?
Prebius is also an insider, a party guy and a Ryan guy. This Bannon dude doesn't like Ryan or the establishment.
I hear that Rudi and Bolton are in the mix. Bolton makes all the sense in the world for Sec State as he is smart as hell and a GOP establishment neo con hawk. Giuliani, a trump loyalist, comes from central casting as top cop.
It's not even a week and this is already getting interesting and starting to totally drown out the protestors and Clinton would licking. This is called seizing the initiative and it's something the GOP has long sucked at. Is Donald Trump actually confident enough to surround himself with people like this?
Clinton was not, notoriously so insecure he avoided men who were taller than him let alone smarter. Obama was not, preferring his private counsel with Jarret and a handful of insiders.
Bush was but that was only be default.
In any event, so far, so good? This COULD be something.
*disclaimer; I was never President, never part of the Lincoln administration, never AG or Sec State, nor have I recently stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.
Trump is a LONG way from being Lincoln but, so far, he seems headed for that sort of cabinet. Pence is an insider, known for being able to work with people in congress. That is indispensable and was the role Biden was supposed to perform for Obama but Obama poisoned that well early on. So, keep on eye on Trump and his comments to congressional leaders. Respectful and appreciative or dripping with the disdain Obama offered up?
Prebius is also an insider, a party guy and a Ryan guy. This Bannon dude doesn't like Ryan or the establishment.
I hear that Rudi and Bolton are in the mix. Bolton makes all the sense in the world for Sec State as he is smart as hell and a GOP establishment neo con hawk. Giuliani, a trump loyalist, comes from central casting as top cop.
It's not even a week and this is already getting interesting and starting to totally drown out the protestors and Clinton would licking. This is called seizing the initiative and it's something the GOP has long sucked at. Is Donald Trump actually confident enough to surround himself with people like this?
Clinton was not, notoriously so insecure he avoided men who were taller than him let alone smarter. Obama was not, preferring his private counsel with Jarret and a handful of insiders.
Bush was but that was only be default.
In any event, so far, so good? This COULD be something.
*disclaimer; I was never President, never part of the Lincoln administration, never AG or Sec State, nor have I recently stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.