Barack Obama might have struck a conciliatory tone on Tuesday night with his speech in Grant Park, but he’s no pushover. His first appointment is Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff (the story of the steak and the steak knife has been repeated ad nauseum for the past couple days on right-wing talk radio). And guess who he wants to be White House Press Secretary? Obama campaign Communications Director, Robert Gibbs. Check out the clip below to see how Gibbs makes Sean Hannity stir in his seat, crying like a whiny baby. This is a guy who won’t be bullied by questions from anyone. I’m sure Gibbs will be a no-nonsense Press Secretary, and god help the first FAUX News “journalist” that asks him, “does President Obama plan to invite Bill Ayers to stay in the Lincoln Bedroom?”

There are a lot of ex-Clinton administration names being floated as well for assorted administration positions. This is probably not a bad idea, even though most of us would like to see more “change” as promised, only because former Clinton officials would know how to hit the ground running on January 20th, something Clinton himself didn’t do. At least some of these appointments might be temporary, if reports are to be believed.