Obama Names Chief Performance Officer

Yesterday, President-elect Obama announced that former Clinton administration functionary Nancy Killefer has been selected as the nation's first Chief Performance Officer. As Chief Performance Officer, Killefer will be responsible for identifying and reporting on wanton government spending.

Concurrently, Mr. Obama also announced his jobs plan to spend $775 billion over two years which economists contend will actually cost $1.2 trillion.

It’s very interesting that Obama would announce the creation, and appointment, of this new government position as he announced the astronomical estimated costs of his economic stimulus plans.

Judging from the failure of the first bailout plan--how is it that our government can lend money to people who created the economic crisis in the first place, and then be surprised that the money is gone?

Really! While designating a wanton spending investigator, Obama directs the most wanton spending plan in the nation's history. These actions indicate a stratospheric level of arrogance.

One must conclude that the position of Chief Performance Officer will have all the authority of a plastic badge shaken out of a cereal box. Mr. Obama must think all Americans are complete idiots.