For all of his prospective Cabinet’s racial and ethnic diversity, Biden’s choices also amount to a Cabinet that looks, through another lens, like him: older, experienced, reassuring. “Biden’s Cabinet as a class is more progressive than Obama’s so far,” said Maurice Mitchell, national director of the progressive Working Families Party. The average age of Clinton’s first Cabinet was 51; for Biden’s picks, the average so far is about 59. AdvertisementLike Biden, Clinton faced criticism for not picking more women and people of color. AdvertisementMany progressives were furious when Biden picked Tom Vilsack , Obama’s Agriculture secretary during both his terms, for a return engagement.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 19, 2020 11:03 UTC