I don’t think there’s much evidence that dem voters have any additional capacity for nuance or adhering to principals. Just look at the talk over “respecting the office of the president” (contrast: 2008 to 2016), or fillibuster, or any other matter. Everyone’s doing what’s convenient in the moment. Very few people are…

Also remember how Bernie supporters (I was one) were outraged, nevermind that most of the pro-Hill stuff came out after it was clear he wouldn’t win, yet that part went uncovered by most of the press?

I don’t know—a foreigner breaking into people’s homes and having kids sit on his lap? Sounds pretty sinister to me...

His last name is Santiago, so if you are left leaning, your talking point is “He must be white hispanic”. If you are right leaning, your talking point involves felating Trump and something about a wall.

I’m really baffled by how much coverage this talentless twat gets on Jezebel. Is it ironic?

Hate to say it, but the ambassador appointments are an incredible blight on Obama’s record. Anyone who refuses to acknowledge that is acting like the right wingers who are silent when their party does something corrupt.

Yup. Seems pretty much like standard operating procedure for a full party transition. I would have thought that the Ambassadors would have been prepared and expected this might happen regardless of the outcome of the election.

Professional diplomats would have expected this might happen. Political ambassadors who…

I agree that the framing is a bit egregious, given the first line of this article says “all ambassadors” and that is simply blatantly incorrect- the first line of the New York Times article says “politically appointed ambassadors”. The vast majority of political ambassadors do leave on 20 January. Extensions for these…

I just posted a similar comment. This applies as far as I understand only to politically appointed ambassadors, not career diplomats. Political appointments for these posts is actually a fairly big problem and one that Obama sadly increased from the Bush years. I work somewhat in this field (not for the US government…

Again, these writers aren’t that intelligent