tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2561291486869167424..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Funny Math at the NYTJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-10421075081832442352011-01-07T10:25:50.128-06:002011-01-07T10:25:50.128-06:00Colby,
Good point.
Just by way of expanding &am...Colby, <br /><br />Good point.<br /><br />Just by way of expanding & clarifying...Daley has at least as much experience on the campaign side as governing. Sperling has some campaign experience as well, while Summers AFAIK has none. So on balance they're adding campaign-side experience.<br /><br />I'd also say that they don't have to draw from Clinton people. There are governing professionals from the Hill, and also governing professionals from state capitols (many of whom are presumably out of work, what with Dem->GOP transitions in several statehouses). There's also all those out-of-work politicians. Now, there are certainly advantages to getting someone with WH/exec branch experience, and then you're absolutely correct. But there are other possibilities.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-27568504576493975282011-01-07T10:03:56.628-06:002011-01-07T10:03:56.628-06:00Doesn't this go back to the "governmental...Doesn't this go back to the "governmental professional, campaign professional, politician" divide you talked about earlier? It seems to me that Daley and Sperling are really governmental professionals (As were Rahm and Summers, though Rahm had clearly dabbled in all three, and will make the move to pure politician in about 3 months). And if you're a Democratic Governmental Professional, you pretty much had to make a stop in the Clinton Administration. <br /><br />I think the confusion comes from the fact that, since the modern Presidency and campaign cycle was fully formed, there's only been two Democratic Administrations before this one, and one of those was an abject disaster. So there's just a limited pool of Governmental Professionals to draw from, and Lefty activists, especially those online, gestated during the Bush years and are thus unused to hiring experienced hands.Colbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262426400735202537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-25382153796980968282011-01-07T08:43:22.466-06:002011-01-07T08:43:22.466-06:00Move to the center from where? Obama is to the ri...Move to the center from where? Obama is to the right of Clinton, and Clinton was to the right of Eisenhower?<br /><br />Except for Bernie Sanders and a couple of others, we don't even have a left.<br /><br />The political discussion has been so distorted by tha parallax view of right wing commentators that center-right is commonly perceived as far left.<br /><br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.com