Obama on track with Cabinet picks, poll says
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Obama on track with Cabinet picks, poll says
Posted: 04:10 PM ET
By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests that Americans think President-elect Barack Obama’s getting it right when it comes to his Cabinet picks, especially Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates.
Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey approve of Obama’s Cabinet choices, with 22 percent disapproving. That’s 16 points higher than those in favor of then President-elect George W. Bush’s Cabinet picks eight years ago.
The poll indicates that 71 percent approve of Obama’s nomination of Clinton, D-New York, as his secretary of state. Democrats overwhelming approve of the choice, with two-thirds of Independents agreeing and Republicans split on the pick