Monday, December 15, 2008
Politics / Woods Obama Disrespects Bredesen
Posted by Jeff Woods on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Here's a Politico story about why the president-elect has yet to name a single Southerner to his Cabinet. The bottom line? According to those in the know, hardly any Southern Democrats are qualified--yet another sad blow to the Jupiter-sized ego of our own governor.
Some Democrats chock it up to happenstance and say Obama is simply picking the most qualified people, no matter the region. Others acknowledge, however, that the paucity of Democrats in Obama's cabinet reflects the declining political power of the red-leaning Southern states and the weakening bench of the blue team there.
"Who comes to mind immediately?" asked Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia. "No one, really."
But what about Phil Bredesen? Doesn't his name spring to mind immediately--or at least after a little bit of chin pulling? Guess not. This shows that the Tennessee media has a much higher opinion of Bredesen than everyone else in the world, except Bredesen himself of course. Maybe now reporters finally will heed Pith's repeated call to stop asking the governor whether he's moving to Washington.
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