i hope his judgment is better than mine...

Good heavens, is this really happening?

President-elect Obama has reportedly chosen former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the CIA, despite his having no experience whatsoever with intelligence [insert painfully obvious, minimally funny joke here]. What's going on, Mr. Obama? You're not George Bush; we elected you on the understanding that you're intelligent enough to not pull this kind of crap.

As of this writing, the Panetta pick is just a leak, and has not been officially announced. That means you still have time, Mr. Obama, to scrap this bad idea and choose someone remotely highly qualified for one of the most important jobs on the planet. You can even save face by telling the press that the leak, like freedom, oh freedom, was just some people talking.

Please don't screw this up, Mr. Obama. Now is not the time to be appointing inexperienced leaders. The guys over at FOX News would just have too much fun with that.