Obama Has Heard Us... He's Listening

[BeFree]

Steve Hildebrand who is being mentioned as possible chair of the DNC is quoted while responding to the furious Left wing complaints over Obama's cabinet picks:

The point I'm making here is that our new President, the Congress and all Americans must come together to solve these problems. This is not a time for the left wing of our Party to draw conclusions about the Cabinet and White House appointments that President-Elect Obama is making. Some believe the appointments generally aren't progressive enough.

The good news is that they heard us. We are not being ignored.

The bad news is that what they heard wasn't really conducive to being heard. It was just complaints. Complaints to which they responded very well.

It is early, too early. Obama will pick who he wants, not who the 'netroots' wants. After he is seated and he lays out concrete plans is the time to begin making our voices heard... about substantive matters. Later, if we see a cabinet member not producing, Obama will too and they'll be gone.

In short, we are being heard, it's just that we really don't have any reason yet to complain. And you can wager that Obama hopes we never really have to complain, because he'll hear us loud and clear.