1.12.08

Transition: Traps or Opportunities?

As the President-Elect assembles his White House and executive branch team he, like all his modern predecessors, must answer difficult questions about the differences between his campaign rhetoric and his present claims and comments. The press is duty bound to highlight potential conflicts and the president is well advised to answer carefully and seriously, without attacking or belittling the questions or the questioners. In this morning's press conference called to announce Obama's national security team, the President-Elect faced these types of questions.

How did he do? Good, but not great.

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