It's official, folks: Prepare to see this signature soon, coming to a dollar bill near you.
Yep, Jack Lew has been confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury. Amazing! Republicans in Congress have finally bowed to last year's election results and have told the President, "Yes, Sir — you may have the team you desire, thank you very much."
The Lew confirmation occurs on the heels of the fraught Hagel confirmation, which occurred in the midst of the fussy Brennan confirmation — and who knows what's going to happen with Sally Jewell?
All of these nominations have taken place among Republican hissy fits, hand-wringing and McCarthy-esque tantrums over the truly un-radical folks President Obama has picked for his Cabinet. Honestly, have you ever seen such a spectacle?
We cats are smiling wryly. Why? Because we remember how Democrats — having had their asses handed to them in the 1980 election — decided to be statesmen and cooperate with the new, popular President named Ronald Reagan.
Were we chumps? You be the judge. In 1981, Democrats in Congress agreed to heed the will of the American people and work with a decisively elected Republican President. Today, we see no reason why Republicans shouldn't heed the will of the American people and work with a (twice-elected) (decisively elected) Democratic President.
Of course, that twice-elected, decisively elected Democratic President happens to be black. That's not a problem, is it?
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