Er, About That "Team Of Rivals"...

Political hindsight apparently has astigmatism - just ask Vice President-elect Joe Biden. Speaking to reporters about his (then) rival and new boss, Barack Obama: "I think he can be ready but right now, I don’t believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training."

And this foot-in-mouth disease does not appear to be contained to the lower echelons of the Executive Office. Commenting on then-candidate Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience during last Spring's debate, candidate Obama remarked of his new Secretary of State, "What exactly is this foreign policy expertise? Was she negotiating treaties? Was she handling crises? The answer is no."

Adding to the lovefest, incoming Chief Counsel Greg Craig said this about Clinton last March: "There’s no evidence that she participated or asserted herself in any of the crises that took place during the eight years of the Clinton presidency. White House records show that she was consistently absent when critical decisions were being made and that her trips abroad were largely ceremonial."

And last, but certainly not least, Obama's choice for UN Ambassador Susan Rice weighs in on the new Secretary back during the primaries: "There is no crisis to be dealt with or managed when you are First Lady. You don't get that kind of experience by being married to a commander-in-chief.

That's quite a team Barack's assembled.

Remember kids, in Washington there is no "I" in "Team"- but there is "Eat Me".