I don't plan on joining the "who will be in Obama's cabinet" guessing game - I'll comment on each appointment as it is made - but I have to speak out about the rumors that Larry Summers is at the top of the list for Treasury Secretary. He's capable and was in the same post during President Clinton's last couple of years in office, but the man has enough baggage that it's possible his nomination could start Obama's presidency off on the wrong foot.
A few years back he came under fire while working as president of Harvard when he said that women weren't as good at math as men. And there is the fact that he is one of the architects of the banking deregulation that helped get us into the massive mess we're in at the moment.
Perhaps President-elect Obama feels that fact may be a plus in understanding how to pull out of this downward spiral, but that other problem - the comment about women - I don't know....that could be a thorny issue.
There are plenty of other highly qualified candidates out there: Laura Tyson, Diane Swonk, Timothy Geithner. Come on, Mr. President-Elect...jump a wee bit outside of the box.
