Dear Ms Clinton
I hope you feel my concern for the country, as I write you.
If Obama wins the election we will be burdened with his weaknesses.
You have strengths that overcome his weaknesses.
What will be needed is a competent transition team… The last one was a
disaster - Orzag, Romer, Summers and Goulsbee could not play team
because Geithner was teacher’s pet and had to leave. They were good
people.
You are a much better judge of good people and would select a better
team so you should forcibly influence the transition team selections
for the next four years. It truly is a loss not to have S. Bair and
E. Warren in government. Consider it your last but most impactful act
of public service.
Of the many key positions to be reviewed, the most important is a top
notch Chief of Staff. I wrote Obama many times that you are the type
of person he should select. It is an irony of life, that for Obama to
be an effective President he would need you to be his Chief of Staff
but if you were President, Obama would be a weak Chief of Staff. I
think one of the most important tasks of a Chief of Staff is to let
the President know who is doing a bad job and have enough clout to
keep the troops in line. His last three choices are gentleman but
lack the mean streak to protect the boss.
Here is my list of posts that need to be filled by competent people.
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Secretary of Agriculture.
You have served well as Secretary of State but you may understand how
some choose to believe that the other three posts have been
ill-served.
It is one of Obama’s weak points that he enjoys the intellectual
repartee of Geithner and Holder while failing to recognize the
weakness in exercise of power, by the two men. It is clear that Obama
lacks experience in the dealing with these matters.
I hope you understand that my concern is genuine and hope that Obama
has the wisdom to recognize your strengths to enable you to pick the
right replacements. Obama takes too long to make tough decisions and
lacks the ability to anticipate staff performance. Picking a team is
a hard job with no guarantee of success but it is clear that you would
do better than Obama. He is a slow learner when it comes to economics
and management, hardly hit the ground running as you did.
Thank-you for your dedication to the good of everyday Americans.
I hope you feel my concern for the country, as I write you.
If Obama wins the election we will be burdened with his weaknesses.
You have strengths that overcome his weaknesses.
What will be needed is a competent transition team… The last one was a
disaster - Orzag, Romer, Summers and Goulsbee could not play team
because Geithner was teacher’s pet and had to leave. They were good
people.
You are a much better judge of good people and would select a better
team so you should forcibly influence the transition team selections
for the next four years. It truly is a loss not to have S. Bair and
E. Warren in government. Consider it your last but most impactful act
of public service.
Of the many key positions to be reviewed, the most important is a top
notch Chief of Staff. I wrote Obama many times that you are the type
of person he should select. It is an irony of life, that for Obama to
be an effective President he would need you to be his Chief of Staff
but if you were President, Obama would be a weak Chief of Staff. I
think one of the most important tasks of a Chief of Staff is to let
the President know who is doing a bad job and have enough clout to
keep the troops in line. His last three choices are gentleman but
lack the mean streak to protect the boss.
Here is my list of posts that need to be filled by competent people.
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Secretary of Agriculture.
You have served well as Secretary of State but you may understand how
some choose to believe that the other three posts have been
ill-served.
It is one of Obama’s weak points that he enjoys the intellectual
repartee of Geithner and Holder while failing to recognize the
weakness in exercise of power, by the two men. It is clear that Obama
lacks experience in the dealing with these matters.
I hope you understand that my concern is genuine and hope that Obama
has the wisdom to recognize your strengths to enable you to pick the
right replacements. Obama takes too long to make tough decisions and
lacks the ability to anticipate staff performance. Picking a team is
a hard job with no guarantee of success but it is clear that you would
do better than Obama. He is a slow learner when it comes to economics
and management, hardly hit the ground running as you did.
Thank-you for your dedication to the good of everyday Americans.
