Larry Summers for Treasury would probably be the first Obama decision that I would have serious problems with. In addition to being another former Clinton guy, he's a polarizing figure with a laundry list of controversies tied around his neck... charges of racism, Israel, AIDS and PEPFAR, pollution and this famous one about women from 2005:
The president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, sparked an uproar at an academic conference Friday when he said that innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in science and math careers.
And:
The percentage of tenured job offers made to women by the university's Faculty of Arts and Sciences has dropped dramatically since Summers took office, prompting vigorous complaints from many of Harvard's senior female professors.
I mean, talk about drama and distractions. The focus has to be on the economy -- not rehashing a dozens of controversial remarks. I seriously can't believe that the president-elect would go down this road.