“Finding a good cabinet should not be an affirmative action game.”
You’re right. The cabinet positions should be the gov’s choice of qualified applicants, even if they’re all male.
The same if it’s a woman in an elected position. She should be able to have an all female staff if that’s what she wants.
However, you know the question was a gotcha. Romney answered well, considering.
He’s trying to win an election and the left is looking for anything they could use to turn the screws.
Well, it could be argued that Sarah Palin was an “affirmative action “ choice, and ironically, the liberals have tried to make that case. Indeed, her resume was less than Kaye Bailey Hutchison, and many other male politicians. But as a candidate she had far less to offer than Palin, and of course, Palin experience in office was more extensive than Obama’s. I admire Romney’s outreach beyond the “usual suspects.”