Obama has named James Steinberg and Jacob Lew as deputy secretaries of state under Clinton. I suppose I will have to wait for the Israeli press to tell me whether both men are Jewish. Steinberg helped write Obama's speech to AIPAC last June. The pander speech. I get the feeling that Lew is Jewish. A Clintonite, he gave money to Eliot Engel and Judy Feder, and tons to Hillary Clinton, as late as August, another $2300 to help with her debt. Loyal guy, obviously. Nothing to Barack. And of course he went to Harvard. So did Steinberg.
That's what I'm more concerned about. Where are the movement people? Where are the progressives who supported Obama because they wanted change? Sounds like Steinberg was for the Iraq war, a liberal internationalist. I imagine Lew was too. Supporting Engel and Hillary. Are all these reasonable people required to balance Obama? Balance him away from what? Occidental College? The Pacific Ocean openmindedness? His mama in Indonesia and Hawaii going out with men of color? That's why I voted for him.
