QUOTE OF THE DAY

People would do well to heed Emanuel's message, lest they get a fist in the mouth or a dead fish in the mail. What's emerging from Chicago is a clear preference for toughness and people that are forceful and smart enough to ram home Obama's priorities. Obama is tapping experienced people but he's doing it so that he can enact a lot of change very quickly. Obama clearly wants to cut down on the learning curve, avoid rookie mistakes, and send a message that he means business. As Emanuel makes abundantly clear, Obama is not trimming his campaign promises, he's just using some old hands to usher his promises through Congress.--Booman.

Barack Obama