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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Tomasky

Needed: one big lib

Here's who we've got, or appear to be getting, so far:

Treasury: Tim Geithner
State: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Defense: Robert Gates
Justice: Eric Holder
HHS (plus heath care czar): Tom Daschle
DHS: Janet Napolitano
Commerce: Bill Richardson
National Security Agency: Jim Jones
Office of Management and Budget: Peter Orszag

That's really a strong list. Really strong. But I do note that there's not yet one roaring liberal tiger in the bunch. I know, I know, he has to send centrist signals and all that. But surely there's room for one. Maybe at Labor? That would seem the obvious place. Worth keeping an eye on.

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