The Vetter You Get...

Now this is just silly. CNN asks if potential Obama cabinet members are being scared off by the administration's strict new vetting process.

Of course they are! That's why they're vetting so sharply in the first place. Better to lose a few people then to incur some nasty surprise sure to wind up on front-pages all across the country. That's what Obama's philosophy is and always has been. That's why he's called--according to the story, at least--"No Drama Obama."

Side note: is Chris Berman working for CNN now? Because that sounds like a bona-fide Bermanism.

The real question is, is this a good thing? Or is Obama running too tight a ship? After all, everybody and their mother and grandmother beat up on Bush for being too secretive, too close-mouthed, too message-focused. Will they apply the same standard to Obama?

Don't bet on it, even if somebody gives you 500000-to-1 odds. That's one bet you'd never be collecting on.