Hey! I got an idea...

Now that we've voted him into office, let's push the President-Elect around!:

We got Anti-War Liberals calling for Obama to dump Secretary Gates.

We got the Wall Street Journal calling for Obama to keep Secretary Gates.

We got Dean Baker over at TPM saying that Obama shouldn't be listening to his Economic Advisors.

We got Veterans Groups pushing Obama to select Tammy Duckworth as Secretary of Veteran's Affairs.

We got Mayor Adrian Fenty of D.C. pushing the Obamas to put Malia and Sasha into Public Schools.

The line forms around the block, people.

UPDATE (4:31pm Pacific): For the first time ever, I'm going to quote...my Father. Who said in response to this nugget of information:

Dean Baker has it partially right. Clinton left the budget and the economy in good shape which is why the recession was short.

Bush broke his deal with Greenspan; Greenspan was to keep interest rates low and Bush was supposed to curtail "wasteful Clinton era spending", but he never did. Greenspan kept interest rates low and the housing bubble followed.

I don't think it can or should be blamed on Clinton and the Clinton team.