OK, then…

…it doesn't look like I'll get my pick at Treasury. I knew it was a long shot. I take some comfort, though, in Professor Reich's apparent comfort with, if not excitement over, the developing Obama economic team. "They are," he observes…

"...not visionaries but we don't need visionaries when the economic perils are clear and immediate. We need competence. Obama could not appoint a more competent group."

Personally, I think competence sounds pretty damned exciting at this point.

So, if not Reich at Treasury, how about Gary Hart at Defense?