So Obama made appointments in finance, domestic policy, and foreign policy and national security. Karl Rove, writing in the Wall Street Journal, was very pleased and impressed with Obama's appointments. All represent conservative trends and thinking. I wonder what progressive supporters of Obama will say. They probably will echo the theory of the Nation magazine's Washington editor: that keeping Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense is good for the anti-war effort. This is like the theory that hunger is good for hunger.