BARNES TO CHAIR DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL.

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.