With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation’s 44th president, Sen. Barack Obama has directed his aides to begin planning for the transition.
“Barack is well aware of the complexity and the organizational challenge involved in the transition process and he has tasked s small group to begin thinking through the process,†a senior campaign adviser said. “Barack has made his expectations clear about what he wants from such a process, how he wants it to move forward, and the establishment and execution of his timeline is proceeding apace.â€
Last month, the Post’s Shalaigh Murray reported that campaign advisers were sounding out John Podesta, a former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and currently the president of the Center for American Progress, for his advice.
An aide confirms that Podesta will probably be asked to head the transition team, which would take over from the campaign if Obama wins in November, and would be tasked with ensuring a smooth handover of power.
The McCain campaign, jumping up and down in perfectly feigned outrage:
Before they’ve even crossed the 50-yard line the Obama campaign is already dancing in the end zone with a new White House transition team.
It’s never been done before.
No, never. Except for Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Have we not reached the point where every claim John McCain or his campaign makes about Obama can safely be assumed to be, depending on your level of Christian charity, dead wrong or a flat-out lie?