Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General

By Howard Kurtz
President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details of moving his family from Atlanta to Washington but is expected to accept the offer.

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Friends, don't let yourself get rattled by this sort of thing. First of all, if we make enough noise we might be able to force Gupta to withdraw. Secondly, we can still win. Remember, Nixon created the EPA, Ronald Reagan signed sanctions legislation against apartheid SA.

There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come.