"I agree with Senator Bernie Sanders that this is not a progressive Cabinet," says @_waleedshahid, but he adds the left should celebrate who *isn't* included: centrists like Rahm Emanuel and Larry Summers, who he says are "ideologically hostile to progressives and bold ideas."

Dec 10, 2020 · 1:29 AM UTC

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The ambitions of men who’ve held the post of top U.S. diplomat in China are well known. The name George Herbert Walker Bush comes to mind. The bigger question, asks Mehdi, as Biden weighs a pick for U.S. ambassador to China, is: What did they do before?
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"I'm very interested to see what the defense secretary is going to do addressing the sexual assaults in the military," says @emarvelous. There is an opportunity for the next defense secretary "to reimagine that role."
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @_waleedshahid
Wonder .... what % of Biden voters are progressives & what % are not? I think progressives would be surprised.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @_waleedshahid
Feels like it's a bit too soon to celebrate Emanuel and Summers not being included.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @_waleedshahid
The problem is that’s exactly the strategy: float someone who’s terrible and then pick someone slightly less terrible to placate the left and make them think they dodged a bullet
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @_waleedshahid
Since you mention Larry Summers I’m obligated to recall seeing him comment on a panel at Harvard in Nov 2008. He got a call mid-comment, got up, said “it’s the White House,” and started to walk out. As he did someone said loudly “well now we’re all Fucked.”