If you're going to be ready on Day One, you need people with resumes that indicate an innate knowledge of how things are done. This is much like assembling a "start-up" company. With the present agenda in PE Obama's hand, bright but not necessarily experienced is not going to be good enough.

Each of the appointments so far bring this knowledge. Granted, it looks, at this point, like a re-tread of the Clinton administration. Who would you have him choose from? None of these appointments are made in stone. There will be people serving for a time and then leaving for various reasons. Some will come on board with the understanding they will leave after the administration has a good foot on the ground. All he has had to choose from are those professionals in the Clinton administration. There will be much moving around and shuffling. Tweaking, as they say.

I know if I were involved in the hiring for a "start-up", I would most definitely look at the resumes of candidates with the knowledge (inside or not)to initially get the job up and running. Tweaking comes later. Now is the time for patience and confidence in the new boss. He hasn't made any mistakes thus far that I have noticed.