tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post8902155362680483299..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: McCain Might As Well Have WonDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-34676347989877409862008-11-28T17:01:00.000+00:002008-11-28T17:01:00.000+00:00Cameron has been completely open about it, and has...Cameron has been completely open about it, and has never been openly rebuffed. But that's not the topic of this thread.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-71737429036039225192008-11-28T16:56:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:56:00.000+00:00Would be interested to know your take on the paral...Would be interested to know your take on the parallels between this case, where Obama certainly hinted that Gates would be kept on, and the UK situation, where Cameron has been rather less open about whether he'd welcome former Labour ministers into his Cabinet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-87266425988287747702008-11-28T16:47:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:47:00.000+00:00It was a very long comment, and I was a bit pushed...It was a very long comment, and I was a bit pushed for time. But I will be blogging on this subject again in future, no doubt.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-74800983026374842852008-11-28T16:40:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:40:00.000+00:00What did you think of the comment the other day ar...What did you think of the comment the other day arguing that Obama was right to keep Gates on? You didn't reply, which isn't like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-71522393723174121632008-11-28T16:38:00.001+00:002008-11-28T16:38:00.001+00:00All sorts of things are "reported", too. There is ...All sorts of things are "reported", too. There is all the difference in the world between that and actually doing it.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-53259267550268549972008-11-28T16:38:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:38:00.000+00:00Here's Time's Joe Klein, also from June:When I ask...Here's <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1815849,00.html" REL="nofollow">Time's Joe Klein</A>, also from June:<BR/><BR/>When I asked him specifically if he would want to retain Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense, Obama said, "I'm not going to let you pin me down ... but I'd certainly be interested in the sort of people who served in the first Bush Administration." Gates was George H.W. Bush's CIA director — and he has been a superb Secretary of Defense, as good in that post as his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, was awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-77653411892820561322008-11-28T16:36:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:36:00.000+00:00Here's a report from June saying Obama will keep G...Here's <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4232070.ece" REL="nofollow">a report from June</A> saying Obama will keep Gates on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-72857206724429991722008-11-28T16:34:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:34:00.000+00:00There's everyone and there's everyone.All sorts of...There's everyone and there's everyone.<BR/><BR/>All sorts of things are "widely discussed". There's "widely" and there's "widely".<BR/><BR/>And then there's actually doing it, which is something else entirely.<BR/><BR/>McCain might as well have won.<BR/><BR/>Where is the challenger for the 2012 primaries. The work should already have started by now.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-15132370838022617792008-11-28T16:32:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:32:00.000+00:00David, it was an open secret that Obama was going ...David, it was an open secret that Obama was going to keep Gates in his job. It was widely discussed. Everyone knew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com