Don't hold your breath

For those of you who believe the election of Barack Obama has ushered in a new era of post-racial politics, you would be sadly mistaken. According to columnist Ruben Navarette, Obama owes the Hispanic community for their support of Obama and (partial?) payment in return would be the selection of Bill Richardson as Secretary of State over Hillary Clinton.

Navarette stacks Clinton's resume’ against Richardson's and finds it lacking… which is an entirely reasonable approach to making your argument but apparently the overriding factor is the Good House Keeping Seal of Approval from La Raza: “His appointment would send a powerful message to Latinos throughout our country as well as to our neighbors in this hemisphere.”

And this message would be…? Look, a Latino!

Navarette also points out what he claims is Hillary’s shabby treatment of Obama during the primaries as grounds for not naming Clinton as SecState:

“Does anyone really think that if she had been elected president that she would be vetting Barack Obama for secretary of state?”

No, she wouldn’t as Obama is entirely unqualified for the job. But, we digress…

President elect Obama has run into his first snag with his selection of Eric Holder as AG but these little internecine squabbles as Obama’s various “support factions” come knocking to get of piece of theirs may force us to break out our diversity scorecard to see how Obama’s appointments stack up against Bush’s.

P.S. We should point out that Navarette is not some wacko lefty but a centrist who sometimes fills in for Michael Medved on his radio program.

Happy #$%&-ing Easter

Mr. Styles divines the intent of James Carville’s uplifting seasonal message here.

If we're Bill Richardson, we're watching our back. Even the awesomeness of that beard may not be enough to save him. Though with that tan, he’s actually starting to look Hispanic.