Obama's Cabinet and Posts -- Half are Fire Signs!

Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Oct 26, 1947
Chicago, IL

National Economic Council Director
Lawrence Summers
Nov 30, 1954

Health and Human Services
Thomas Daschle
12/9/1947

Communications Director
Robert Gibbs
3/29/1971

White House Counsel
Greg Craig
Mar 4, 1945

Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner
Aug 18, 1961

Transition Team Leader
John Podesta
Jan 15, 1949

White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emmanuel
Nov 29, 1959

Attorney General
Eric Holder
Jan 21, 1951

Janet Nopolitano
Nov 29, 1957

Political Adviser
David Axelrod
Feb 22, 1955

Budget Director
Peter Orszag
12/16/1968

Valerie Jarrett
Nov 14, 1956

Commerce Secretary
Bill Richardson
Nov 15, 1947
Pasadena, CA

Economic Recovery Advisory
Paul Volcker
Sep 5, 1927

Of the 18 top appointments announced so far, 12 have degrees from Ivy League institutions, Stanford or MIT. Susan Rice was a Rhodes Scholar; Larry Summers was the youngest tenured professor in Harvard history and Greg Craig, the top White House lawyer, attended Exeter, Harvard, Cambridge and Yale. Apparently, Barack likes competent and brainy scholar types.