Marc rounds-up the CW around potential appointments in an Obama administration. I've long touted this idea:
Robert Gates -- almost everyone inside the Beltway believes he'll be asked to stay on as SecDef as the transition into Afghanistan and out of Iraq is managed; he's played the politics deftly. Does Obama appoint a strong number two -- and eventual successor?
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/10/gates-to-the-future/209542/
