The Washington Post has a very cool new widget allowing you to track the White Houses confirmation process. As of now, the Senate has confirmed a mere 6.1 percent of the total appointees the White House will eventually need. But it's not just a Senate chokepoint: The White House has only put forward candidates for a fraction of the open positions. Indeed, for all the focus on the 18 empty slots in the Treasury Department, they're really not doing that much worse than anyone else:
The demographic information is also interesting. So far, the appointees have been 70 percent male and 73 percent white with an average age of 52.
The demographic information is also interesting. So far, the appointees have been 70 percent male and 73 percent white with an average age of 52. 
