The XX Factor : Obama Cabinet

Corporate Perks

Emily Yoffe — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:20:00 GMT

Leon Panetta, Obama's pick for CIA chief, earned $1.2 million last year as a corporate consultant, speechmaker, and board-sitter. (Included in that was a $150,000 fee for consulting for the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy at California...(read more)

Bye-Bye, Bill

Emily Yoffe — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Isn't it time for Hillary Clinton to get a quickie divorce from Bill (it can be done; it took about 20 minutes for Madonna to dissolve her marriage) before her confirmation hearings start? The New York Times reports that over the last few weeks of negotiations...(read more)

Eric Holder for Attorney General?

Emily Bazelon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:33:00 GMT

And now on to a different Obama Cabinet post: At Newsweek , Michael Issikoff is reporting that Eric Holder will be tapped as Obama's attorney general, assuming he vets well. What I like about this choice is that it's bold but not crazy bold. The strike...(read more)