President Obama nominated two controversial candidates for both Secretary of Defense and the director of the CIA.
As much as he is an idealogue, and likely agrees with many of the opinions expressed by his nominees, I wonder if they are really his first choice.
Republicans suffered a crushing blow in the election, one they really felt they could win, and should win. Then, on the heels of that ,they had to pass fiscal cliff legislation that was best for the country at this time, but not legislation they would have willingly passed.
They are itching to say no, to hand the President a defeat. So he served one (or two) up on a silver platter. "Here, get your licks in on this guy, send me a message and let's move on." For Secretary of State, Kerry was done quickly, he ran for President, thus he has been fully vetted, and there are no skeletons. His was a no-brainer pick, and it was done early enough to not cause a stir. (not that it would have. see: "no brainer pick").
But Hagel, and Brennan to a lesser extent, are polarizing figures. The White House must know this.
I just wonder who they really have in mind.
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