Miller: Obama wants internal debate

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:12:11 -0500

Rep. Brad Miller was impressed that Barack Obama mispronounced Peter Orszag's name.

Relaxing after a workout at the YMCA last week, the Raleigh Democrat was watching the president-elect's press conference on TV announcing his pick for the director of the Office of Management and Budget.

An acquaintance of Orszag's from Washington, he quickly noticed that Obama got his name wrong. (It's ORR-zog, not ORR-zag.)

"I thought, 'He must not know Peter very well,'" said Miller. "That means he hired him on the basis of his reputation and his credentials, and not just because he was a buddy."

Miller said he's impressed with Obama's other picks.

"He has put together a very impressive group, very accomplished and very knowledgeable," he said. "I think that he will get a very helpful debate within his own administration that will help him see pitfalls in a way that the Bush administration did not."

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