Quick question: Can anyone remember a regional quota being applied to a presidential cabinet in the past? Did George W. Bush have sufficient Northeasterners? Clinton sufficient Westerners? Did Eisenhower pay proper deference to the Mid-Atlantic? Related thought: For a group that tends to pride itself on toughness, this is a lot of whining. Related related thought: Why stop at quotas? Maybe we can start busing southerners to the cabinet meetings.
