When Barack Obama moved into the White House, a dizzying 8,000 political appointments opened up. 1,000 of these require Senate confirmation. Today, only 63 have been confirmed, and yet, according to Prof. Terry Sullivan, this is remarkable success. Sullivan, the author of Nerve Center: Lessons in Governing and executive director of the non-partisan White House Transition Project, studies the chaotic world of presidential appointments. But Sullivan is no armchair…… More »