[txrangerette]

He appears to be much better than his boss. That might not be saying a lot, given Obama, but in this radical left administration Leon Panetta stands out as more like an old school Democrat.

[Ben Ficklin]

"Leon Panetta stands out more like an old school Democrat"

Panetta and Gates are both foreign policy realists. In fact, they both served on the Iraq Study Group.

[antisocial]

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/panettagate-a-real-scandal-involving-national-security/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=10215c315a-email0614&utm_medium=email

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

He appears to be much better than his boss. That might not be saying a lot, given Obama, but in this radical left administration Leon Panetta stands out as more like an old school Democrat.

That's true. He's obviously not going to be as good a choice as a Republican because he is a Democrat. But he's not nearly as bad as many other in his party, and has done as decent a job as could be expected at the CIA.

Interestingly, he used to be a Republican.