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Obama Intelligence Pick Torpedoed By Bloggers - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker
President-elect Barack Obama has shown almost perfect pitch in crafting his new administration, aptly choosing old hands instead of fresh faces and bringing in the experience he lacks. But there is one glaring void. Obama has yet to name key intelligence officials to manage the war against ...
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Cowed by Sheep
Confederate Yankee — Cowed by Sheep Yes, we've read this elsewhere, but seeing it on the Fox News front page only makes it seem all that much more pathetic : President-elect Barack Obama has shown almost perfect pitch in crafting his new administration, aptly choosing old hands instead of fresh faces and bringing in the experience he lacks. But there is one glaring void. Obama has yet to name key intelligence officials to manage the war against terrorism. And one of the central reasons he hasn't come forward with a pick for one of the top jobs is because he's running into pressure from an ...

Obama Listening To The Sock Puppet
Flopping Aces — Not only has he picked a duplicate of the Clinton administration, he is now proving he will lead like Clinton. Meaning which ever way the public opinion blows. Jim Angle at Fox News writes that Obama has yet to pick any key intelligence officials: And one of the central reasons he hasn’t come forward with a pick for one of the top jobs is because he’s running into pressure from an unexpected source — left-wing bloggers. John Brennan, Obama’s chief intelligence adviser and anticipated CIA chief, was recently forced ...

Hullabaloo — ... And then there's the press. They get the story wrong over and over and over again. This is a Fox story which CNN has decided is juicy enough for them to flog with a Fox style misleading headline all day long. There's just no end to it, despite the fact that Greenwald and others have been ...

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