Obama named CAP's Melody Barnes as chair of his domestic policy council. Barnes has been one of the chief architects of CAP's domestic policy program, and in that, she's created a formidable and decidedly impressive organization. Most everyone I know who has worked with her says great things. She also worked for Kennedy for some time, so the politics trend in a clearly progressive direction. On the other hand, Barnes was also one of Obama's top domestic policy advisers, and I didn't think that the campaign, particularly in the primaries, had a terribly sound domestic policy operation. Still, probably a good choice.
