The blogosphere is abuzz (well, buzzing just a little, given the topic) over Obama’s choice for Secretary of Transportation: the hitherto unknown Rep. (as in REPUBLICAN) Rep. from Illinois, Ray LaHood.  Given OB’s promise to bridge partisanship in his cabinet, the choice, while coming from left-field, shouldn’t surprise: LaHood has a reputation as a centrist, and has a record, sort-of, of supporting infrastructure spending (if only because Caterpillar is one of his largest campaign contributors).  But dissent over the choice isn’t hard to find.

Given the train-wreck (or bridge collapse, or metaphor of choice) of an infrastructure policy we’ve been blessed with, shouldn’t the President Elect have chosen someone a bit more forward thinking?   What gives?

On a selfish note, we here at Blinktag Inc. might garner a contract or two investigating the cause of the next catastrophic failure.  But as a nation, we deserve better.