There's a nasty stomach virus going around the city. And it took me out of commission all of Tuesday. So I woke up today having seen little if any of what had transpired over the previous 36 hours. And as near as I can tell, suddenly none of us like Obama any more because he's sending all the wrong signals, appointing all the wrong people and generally making a hash of everything so that it's basically already a failed presidency.

Perhaps I overstate a bit for effect. But aren't we getting ahead of ourselves a bit? Putting together an administration, especially after the drama and disasters of the last eight years is a complicated, complex operation, with many different moving parts. I want to see the whole picture come into focus.