HHS, DHS, AG, OMB, Oh My!

It has been a pretty good day for news surrounding President-Elect Obama's future cabinet appointments.

From Teagan Goddard's Political Wire:

CNN reports that Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker is President-elect Obama's choice to become Secretary of Commerce.

CNN reports that President-elect Obama has chosen Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) to be Secretary of Homeland Security pending further vetting by the transition team.

Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) has been offered the job of Health and Human Services secretary by President-elect Obama and has accepted the job, according to Roll Call."Daschle, who served in the Senate until he lost his re-election bid in 2004, also is set to take on the position of 'health care czar' in the Obama White House, ensuring that he does not get big footed on matters relating to health care policy."Earlier this year, Daschle released a book called Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.

President-elect Obama "is preparing to tap Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag, once a veteran economic adviser in the Clinton White House, to become his budget director," according to the National Journal. "The Office of Management and Budget job -- seen as a key post to help Obama deliver on his domestic policy agenda amidst the gloom of a $700 billion federal financial rescue, a recession and the prospects of a $1 trillion deficit next year -- carries Cabinet rank. An announcement is expected soon, but could come with other personnel decisions Obama is making to lead the Treasury Department and National Economic Council in his White House."

President-elect Obama has decided to pick Eric Holder as his attorney general, "putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department," Newsweek reports."Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, still has to undergo a formal 'vetting' review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final and is publicly announced, said one of the sources, who asked not to be identified talking about the transition process. But in the discussions over the past few days, Obama offered Holder the job and he accepted." "The announcement is not likely until after Obama announces his choices to lead the Treasury and State departments."

Now, I am not sure about you, but I think these are some very good appointments. It looks as though he is putting some very competent people in place to help change the country for the better.

I will have some thoughts on these appointments later on.

TTFN.