A Joke, You Would Hope

I honestly just laughed out loud when reading this "news story" from Politico. This has to be a joke, but its not. I tracked the article down after reading about it on HuffPo and MediaMatters.
Summarizing it for you would not even do it justice, take a look.

This is like reporting for middle-schoolers.

Party in the WH

With nearly 8,000 noncareer political jobs to fill, President-elect Obama says, he doesn't care about party affiliation.
Well, according to Politico, the online applciation is complete with the question, what party are you affiliated with?
Seems suspect, huh.
The site where the application is hosted reads,

“We ask this for reporting purposes and because some appointments require bipartisan representation,”

Perhaps...
So far there have been over 300,000 applicants, but experts say they will probably get passed over:

“Recommendations are coming from state party chairs and county party chairs and the truth of the matter is: they pick people out of those who supported them, who worked for them,” he said. Obama “was the Democratic candidate for president, so most of the people he appoints are going to be Democrats.”

It's only the beginning....

This pretty much sum's it up, from Politico:

Picking the people was the easy part.

President-elect Obama and his new national security team will now turn to a world full of vexing, linked problems on every continent, and tricky, early choices. From the speed of withdrawal from Iraq to the speed of investment in Afghanistan, from Kashmir to Moscow, Obama will make some of his most important choices early.