Categorical Aperitif

CNN health hack Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General? Of all of Obama's base-___ing appointments so far, this one strikes me as the strangest. Out of thousands and thousands of qualified physicians in this country, Obama picks a guy who, however TV-sexy some people might find him, also has a record of factual mistakes and uninformative or even irresponsible reporting—and who is perhaps most notorious for having to be schooled in the realities of health care systems by Michael Moore? This is the guy who's going to be the public face of healthcare reform at a time when the country has millions of uninsured or underinsured people and is flirting with another Great Depression (h/t FAIR)?

I would so like to feel hopeful about this incoming administration, but if you'll pardon a sadly ironic pun, it's getting progressively more and more difficult.

// posted by nash @ 6:35 AM