By SnifflesWe cats are vastly amused at how effectively President Obama is raiding Congressional Republicans for key Administration appointments — and how depressing and demoralizing it's been to the GOP members left behind.
Republicans might have been able to shrug off Utah Governor Jon Huntsman's pick as Ambassador to China, but New York Congressman John McHugh's departure to become Secretary of the Army hits them where it hurts — by giving them another competitive seat to defend.
Add Jim Leach of Iowa to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation, and — well, too bad. The President pledged a bipartisan team, and he's keeping that promise. But is there anyone left he could steal? The pool of so-called "reasonable Republicans" is mighty small.
We cats have one suggestion for him: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) as Ambassador to Israel.
Why not? Although she's Havana-born, Ileana's grandparents were Sephardic Jews from Turkey. Her district in South Florida — formerly represented by the late, legendary Claude Pepper — has a sizable Jewish population, so she knows their interests and issues. And, closest to our Democratic hearts, her departure from Congress would help put that district back in play.
(Plus, since Israel is now once again run by that giant pain in the ass, Benjamin Netanyahu, we can't think of a better headache to stick her with.)
Well, we'll have to see. But we cats bet that Obama has Ileana in mind for something — because he's reached out and made nice to her before. Remember how he called her cell phone and, thinking it a hoax, she hung up on him — twice?
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