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How far behind is Donald Trumps presidential transition? Very behind, the R is 'slow' & 'confused'.
How far behind is Donald Trump’s presidential transition?Donald Trump disputes claims that his presidential transition is in disarray, blaming leaks from job-seekers for a creating a false picture. But we don’t need to look at what anonymous sources are saying to see that the transition is falling behind. We can compare Trump’s efforts to what Barack Obama did when he came into office in 2008.
It’s fair to note that Obama came into office during a time of national crisis, and his team worked furiously with the Bush administration to deliver perhaps the most professional transition in US history, reassuring Americans (and financial markets) that everything would be ok. Yet one might expect that in a time of relative tranquility, the transition could proceed more quickly, especially with the benefit of a 2010 law that increased funding and other resources for presidential transition teams.
Election Day +1
2008: The day after the election, the Obama-Biden transition project announce their entire team, including three co-chairs, a twelve-member advisory board, and thirteen staffers, largely drawn from long-time congressional and executive branch Democratic staffers and government officials. The team notes that anyone who lobbied on an issue in the past 12 months could not work on it. They begin vetting potential appointees to office.
2016: Trump does not make any official announcement.
Election Day +2
2008: Obama meets with his economic advisory team and announces his White House chief of staff would be Rep. Rahm Emmanuel.
2016: Trump goes to Washington, where he meets with Obama in the Oval office to discuss the transition.
Election Day +3
2008: Obama holds his first post-election press conference; these were more innocent times, when an unfortunate joke about Nancy Reagan holding seances in the White House required an apology from the president-elect.
2016: Trump has yet to hold a single press conference with reporters since his election. But there’s action today: Scandal-tainted New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is ousted from his job leading the transition, and the duties are handed over to Vice President-elect Mike Pence. Trump also announces his transition advisory board, which includes three of his children and his son-in-law, and an eight-person staff.
(Pence reportedly wanted to clean up the team, which was largely populated with lobbyists. Yesterday, Nov. 16, one lobbyist told Quartz he was still part of the transition process; the transition has not yet announced who is leading agency review teams.)
Election Day +4 continued link
http://qz.com/839947/how-far-behind-is-donald-trumps-presidential-transition-compared-to-barack-obama-in-2008/
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It's like: You're condemned to death in the French Revolution, and they can't find the horses for the tumbril, and they've got a novice headsman who's still reading the instruction manual for the guillotine!
When they finally get their shit together, we're fucked!!!!!! 
