“When it comes to the transition, the most important cliche is this: If you know, you don’t say, and if you say, you don’t know. The work going on among the Agency Review teams and the personnel office remains hidden, leaving reporters to fixate on high-level appointments. And there haven’t been many. Sure, Rahm Emanuel publicly agonized over his appointment for a few days, and there have been constant (and conflicting) reports about Hillary Clinton’s potential role as secretary of state. But standards have dropped: In the past, good insider information told who was stabbing whom in the back to become Treasury secretary. Now the press just wants to know who got the job.” [editor’s note: “Drama-free Obama?” Hardly, with the prospect of the likes of Clinton, Napolitano, Emanuel, et alia in the wings - SAT] (11/20/08)