Leon, Leon, Leon

When my ears, check that, eyes first saw the headline that Obama had tapped Leon Panetta to be the new head of the C-I-A, I shook my proverbial head because I wasn't particularly impressed by this development.

"He has no intelligence experience!", I thought to myself, fairly sure I was correct. I was.

However, after 3 hours of pondering this pick by Obama, I am willing to give this a shot.

At least, I realized, he has run a White House. So, there's some solid experience running something that could be considered a weighty organization (although, did he run it well, or was that doomed to be the way it was because of Pres. Clinton's working style?). I seem to remember the Oval Office being a bit of a mess early on in the Clinton era, although it never got better, which may say more about the occupant in reality.

Furthermore, the intelligencia doesn't like the choice, which may be a great reason to actually like it.

I do not know what other names Obama was considering for the post, but I am cautiously endorsing this choice. I hope Leon proves he is more than equal to the task.