The leftist talking heads pushing the idea that Trump's transition team is in turmoil because they have yet to name any cabinet appointments.

Here's when Obama named his Cabinet:

Sec of State: Obama named Hillary Clinton as his choice in early December

Sec of Defense: Obama stated his intention to retain Robert Gates in early December.

Sec of Treasury: Obama named Timothy Geithner the end of November

Attorney General: Obama named Eric Holder in early December

Sec of Interior: Obama named Ken Salazar in mid December

Sec of Agriculture: Obama named Tom Vilsack in mid December

Sec of Commerce: Obama named Bill Richardson in early December

Sec of Labor: Obama named Hilda Solis in mid December

Sec of Energy: Obama named Steven Chu in mid December

Sec of Health and Human Services: Obama named Tom Daschle in early December

Sec of Education: Obama named Arne Duncan in mid December

Sec of Homeland Security: Obama named Janet Napolitano in early December

Key non-Cabinet appointments

Director of the Office of the Budget: Obama nominated Peter Orszag in late November

Ambassador to the UN: Obama nominated Susan Rice in early December

EPA administrator: Obama named Lisa Jackson in mid December


So it appears Trump is within the boundaries of the Obama transition team but we are to believe there's turmoil?

that's quite the galosh in december....

I'm not sure, but isn't this november???

I'm guessing the donald has this tumbling within his skull cap whilst thinking about mika and cup o' joe as they continue to play their simple....

The media is like a petulant child. I don't believe anything they say and doubt they have the first clue as to what is really happening

On CBS news they were talking about this. I have to give them some credit because a number of them made the same argument that Kaploney made that previous presidents have not had everything ready immediately either. Even Joe Biden defended the Trump transition team.

I don't think the issue people have is with naming cabinet members, it is having people on his transition team get in touch with the various agencies so that the admin is ready to roll on Day 1.

I'm also thinking that Trump didn't actually think he was going to win since he didn't seem to have thought about a transition team.

(11-17-2016 09:40 AM)fsquid Wrote:  I don't think the issue people have is with naming cabinet members, it is having people on his transition team get in touch with the various agencies so that the admin is ready to roll on Day 1.

I'm also thinking that Trump didn't actually think he was going to win since he didn't seem to have thought about a transition team.

Trump was going to have Chris Christie run his transition and had already had him sign the forms necessary for him to do the job. When that changed over the weekend it caused a delay until Pence could sign the forms, which he did Tuesday. Nothing could be done until these forms were signed.

Well, the problem is that the Media's agenda was to make Trump a monster. Now they are realizing that they will be held responsible for the protests here in the United States and certain attitudes in Europe.

Obama is traveling the world right now saying Trump made ridiculous claims. After Brexit and Trump's resounding victory, people are the wiser.

The agenda of the Press is totally responsible for the protests going on right now.

Here is the real deal with the media

ABC News executive producer Ian Cameron is married to Susan Rice, National Security Adviser.
-CBS President David Rhodes is the brother of Ben Rhodes, Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications.
-ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman is married to former Whitehouse Press Secretary Jay Carney
-ABC News and Univision reporter Matthew Jaffe is married to Katie Hogan, Obama's Deputy Press Secretary
-ABC President Ben Sherwood is the brother of Obama's Special Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood
-CNN President Virginia Moseley is married to former Hillary Clinton's Deputy Secretary Tom Nides.
-NBC News Anchor, Andrea Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan, Chairman 
of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006.
-ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos, Clinton’s White House Communications Director and press secretary 
-PBS Chief of Staff Julie Anbender, Clinton’s Deputy Director of OPA and DOJ
Comcast-ABC Senior VP, Government Affairs Meredith Baker, Bush’s and Obama’s Commissioner, FCC 
-CNN News correspondent, Yul Kwon, Obama’s Deputy Chief CGAB, FCC
-PBS Host, Yul Kwon, Obama’s Deputy Chief CGAB, FCC
-CNN Department Assignment Manager, Joe Lockhart, Clinton’s Press Secretary 
-CBS VP, Corporate Communications, Lisa Caputo, Clinton’s Press Secretary, First Lady’s Office

Trump doesn't owe them a damn thing