Cabinet Report

I should just do a daily roundup of this or something. So Penny Pritzker is likely to be the Secretary of Commerce. Her experience appears to be that 1) she's rich and 2) she's Barack Obama's friend. Well, OK. Doesn't much thrill me.

However, Janet Napolitano at Homeland Security is an excellent choice. We lose a governorship (the next in line in Arizona is a Republican), and the popular Napolitano would be a great candidate against John McCain in the 2010 Senate race. But her talent is too much to pass up. I think having someone with experience as a border governor is going to be a big lift to our border security efforts, which will be more humane. Her background in consumer protection issues as state attorney general might mean that we'll actually test the food and drink and toys coming into the country - after all, that's "homeland security" too, isn't it? I hate the term "homeland security," actually, but clearly protecting the ports and chemical plants and nuclear power plants and all sorts of elements that the Bush Administration left unprotected would be a good start.

OK, there's today's cabinet report...

UPDATE: Looks like Pritzker's turned it down, owing to business dealings that would make her less confirmable.