President-elect Barack Obama is picking Eric Shinseki, the Iraq War prophet, as his Secretary of Veterans Affairs. That means Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown is not going anywhere and none of the fun things we speculated about are going to occur. That’s OK because we have plenty of speculation on other things starting next week!
Update: Brown spokesman Mike Raia now says that the Lieutenant Governor “was never a candidate for the job and was not vetted by the President-elect’s transition team for any permanent position.”
Hmmm… assuming that this is correct, we should express some admiration for Mr. Raia’s press skills for doing nothing to tamp down speculation by the media (and certain bloggers). We thank Mr. Raia, who is himself a former blogger, for giving us something fun to write about!