Atrios, on the media's speculation regarding the future Obama cabinet:

Most of it is even more useless than campaign horse race journalism. If they must do it they could at least provide more useful information about the people they're speculating about, but instead it's all just a soap opera.

I assume he's talking about the Senator Clinton for Secretary of State rumors, which have dominated TV news this week. And I agree--it would be nice for pundits to focus on what Clinton (or any other candidate) brings to the table for a specific position, rather than an endless rehash of the political power play by play.

Instead, the potential appointment is viewed merely as a primary postscript. If I received a dollar for every time a TV talker said "team of rivals" or "keep your friends close and your enemies closer," I'd get a nice check this week.