For the president-elect, vetting candidates and selecting nominees is his first test of leadership

And his test score is almost zero. So much for his leadership qualities.

Since buzzed is not in a Union he wouldn’t care, at least as long as his welfare keeps coming in.

yeah, 2h, and in a lot less time. Think of the failue records he’ll set by the end of his term.

Rob: Wouldn’t it save a lot of bandwidth if you only reported the members of the Obama administration that didn’t have ethical problems?

the change we need

Damn, think I missed a closing bold

I don’t know! The Tammany Hall posse never had quite this record of epic fail.

I would say it speaks more of Wall St. corruption, than anything else.

Hmm, thinking more along the line of Obama’s famous vetting process he was said to have.

Potential Obama Appointees Face Extensive Vetting

There was a time when smoking marijuana during college threatened your hopes of landing a top presidential appointment. Then came the nanny questions: Are your domestic workers legal? Did you pay their employment taxes?

Now, as President-elect Barack Obama assembles his administration, an army of lawyers volunteering on his transition team are vetting his potential picks with unprecedented scrutiny of their personal, financial and professional backgrounds.

Embarrassing e-mails, text messages, diary entries and Facebook profiles? Gifts worth more than $50, other than those from relatives and long-standing friends? Family members with connections to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG or any other company receiving a federal bailout?

Obama is conducting the vetting process much the way he managed his campaign: methodically, thoroughly and on a prodigious scale. He did not wait until he won the election to vet his favored picks. Soon after he clinched the Democratic nomination, lawyers quietly prepared dossiers of about 150 contenders for senior positions — often without the candidates themselves knowing — said a senior Obama transition adviser who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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“Now you’re going to the next level and really trying to understand if there are any potential issues in nominating and confirming this person for the job,” the adviser said. “The real purpose of vetting is to understand the person’s ability to perform the job and be confirmed for the position. We also want to avoid surprises.”

The vetting process extends beyond a 63-item questionnaire Obama is requiring of top candidates. For the roughly 800 executive posts that require Senate confirmation, nominees must undergo an FBI background check and file records with the Office of Government Ethics.

For the president-elect, vetting candidates and selecting nominees is his first test of leadership, said Dina Habib Powell, a former director of presidential personnel in the Bush White House.

“The decisions that [Obama] makes in appointing individuals to serve in these critical roles will have an impact on his entire presidency,” Powell said.

Obama’s scrutiny is so intense that some top candidates hired personal attorneys in the spring and summer to “pre-vet” them in advance of submitting information to Obama’s team. The lawyers scoured tax returns for any errors or details that could jeopardize their chances, said a Washington lawyer who is involved in Obama’s vetting process and played a similar role for President Bill Clinton’s transition.

“Sometimes they will have us go through their tax return and say, ‘I did X, Y and Z, my accountant recommended it, but do you think that was kosher? Do you think that would raise red flags?’ ” said the lawyer, who has pre-vetted some clients and agreed to describe the process only if he and his clients would not be identified.

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That is an article from November 2008 from the Washington Post. So was what was going on the vetting side for the Obama Administration just a bunch of smoke they were blowing?

Because watching all the problems Obama is having with his nominations, tax cheats, crooks, ect – I read this and have to laugh at this big joke that got reported by the Washington Post.

For the president-elect, vetting candidates and selecting nominees is his first test of leadership

If this is true, then Obama has failed miserably.

dd,

January of 2013 can’t come soon enough.

Remember when the Democrats said John McCain wasn’t fit to be President because he didn’t vet Palin! That was then though, this is now!

I think they are all watching Southpark right now, except for the stupid cunt, djerk.

Can we refer to this as the Tammany Hall administration yet?