Obama-agent of change.Not if you look at his appointments to date

According to Alexander Cockburn,Barack Obama's cabinet appointments have been a major let down

Writing in this morning's First Post he says

the President-elect's appointments have offered one bitter pill after another, starting with Rahm Emanuel (the only man in the Illinois Congressional delegation to vote Yes to the war on Iraq), moving on to Hillary Clinton (another Yes on the war), defence secretary Robert Gates (who stays on from the Bush era) and the whole economic team.

Will his presidency follow the same route?

Well maybe the appointments are an indication that

Obama's choices have been calibrated to appease the establishment, from the financial markets (or what's left of them), to the press (or what's left of it) to the think tanks and lobbyists of Washington (as strong as ever).

and as he concludes

As an agent of change - we do not even mention hope - the age of Obama seems over before it begins, unless worsening economic circumstances force Obama pell-mell into uncharted territory. For the left, in other words, hope may flower only among the ruins.