Give Obama leeway in selecting Cabinet: #tellusatoday

We asked on Twitter how much leeway President Obama should be given in selecting his Cabinet. Comment are edited for clarity and grammar:

This is Obama's administration after all. It's already a big step that he has chosen a Republican as secretary of Defense. This never happens.

— @IvetaCherneva

I want the vetting process to be open and honest on all sides, not just a badgering of the person up for position by war-hawk heretics.

— @KountyKobbler

Obama rushed his decision. There are more qualified personnel out there. Chuck Hagel, really ?

— @Sbbny1718

I don't think he should get appointed. My main objection is that he changed nearly all his views while being questioned.

— @BaatzJane

Obama should be given all reasonable leeway like other presidents. I admire Hagel. I deplore what he is being subjected to.

— @SandyTomich

Finally someone who can think, not a mainstream follower. Good for the USA.

— @pijaz

How can Hagel be so clueless and Democrats say he can have the job? My son and many others' lives depend on this.

— @goldilockspryor

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