freeman & guinier

sullivan on chas freeman:

You get to dictate to a president who he can and cannot appoint to his own intelligence staff. This was not a Senate-confirmation issue. And it was not because of some financial or tax issue. It was because of what he believed. And a president is simply not allowed to have that kind of diversity of view in his administration. And he knows this is a battle he shouldn’t fight.

reminds me of lani guinier. except guinier was dismissed with characteristic jellyness. whether or not this is a brawl worth brawling you can safely bet there will be no jellyness.