I can't recall a president-elect naming any major Cabinet offices before December 1.

I think it's exactly what the new president needs.

That kind of determination, that kind of persistence, that kind of pain-in-the-neck, shall we say, approach is going to be very effective, I think, for President-elect Obama.

This will take at least a year or a full term or two terms. We're in a deep, deep hole here. It's going to take a long time to get out of it.

One president at a time. Don't comment on every up and down, and, you know, stop attacking George W. Bush. He is our president.

This is a great group of people that Senator Obama is -- president-elect Obama -- correct -- forgive me -- is turning to.

I mean, Bill Clinton did a good job of bringing in people, giving them experience, moving them up, and promoting them.

First, the most important rule of the transition is, there is only one president at a time.

Barack's whole message was: I'm not Bush. I don't like Bush.

I remember him telling me about this kid, this skinny kid, I don't know, maybe 10 years ago when we were working in the White House. He said, he is going to be the future of the Democratic Party.

Democrats have been impressed with the job he's done.