Fun with Steve and Jane

Jane Hamsher disagrees with Obama campaign deputy Steve Hildebrand about the direction of Obama's appointments. Steve points out that Obama is picking the best people, and he has chosen some excellent people, and clearly a true brain-trust (and that is change). But it does seem that no one from the progressive side of the party is getting any cabinet posts at all. And that's not a litmus test, or a desire to lurch the Obama administration to the far left (at least not as far what I'd like to see) - it's the simple desire to have a Cabinet that aspires to "look like America" actually look like America, and some of those Americans are progressives. Progressive Democrats deserve a place at the table. Just as importantly, Obama's cabinet should be as intellectually diverse as possible so as to ensure that no good idea is left behind, and that whatever course Obama chooses to follow has truly been thoroughly vetted by a brain trust representing good ideas of all philosophical persuasions.