Overall, how would you rate the quality of the people President-elect Obama has selected to be in his cabinet?Democrats: Excellent 40%; Good 44%; Fair 10%; Poor 2%
And nearly four our of five of Dems say the picks represent "real change." Not so angry.
Still more poll numbers have just been released suggesting that the supposed "angry left" isn't so angry about Obama's transition choices after all.
The new Pew poll finds that 89% of Democrats approve of Obama's cabinet choices, versus only four percent who disapprove.
Even better, only one percent of Democrats say Obama's cabinet choices are "too conservative," and 86% say they're "about right."
Where are you, angry leftists? Where are you?
There are still more poll numbers out this morning that suggest that the oft-referenced "angry left" isn't so angry about Obama's transition after all.
The new Associated Press poll finds that 90 percent of Dems -- that would be nine out of ten -- approve of Obama's transition. That would suggest that there aren't so many angry leftists out there, at least in the real world.
And in yet another blow to the angry left meme, Chris Bowers -- who's been anointed as the Face Of The Angry Left by the traditional news orgs -- says he's thrilled about the latest raft of Obama environmental appointments, including Steven Chu as Energy secretary, Lisa Jackson as EPA administrator and Carol Browner as energy "czar."
Which just ratifies this blog's earlier thesis: The "angry left" notion is largely a media fiction, and in reality liberals who have raised questions about this or that appointment also are optimistic about other Obama decisions and are capable of holding more than one opinion about the entire Obama presidency.
