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Ben Smith makes a good observation:
Perhaps the most notable thing about Secretary of Labor is how low a profile it's taking in the transition. The job apparently isn't going to be a top-level economic policy job -- those are being rolled out today.You have to imagine that organized labor, which spent $100 million to elect Obama, is getting worried. Secretary of Labor, which is where their ally traditionally sits, is not going to be a top economic job. The folks who have been selected for top economic jobs are associated with Robert Rubin, who unions generally considered an impediment to their priorities during the Clinton administration. And when Rahm Emanuel went before business leaders, he pointedly refused to make a case for the Employee Free Choice Act.
