Advisory Committees

The Obama administration is expected today to unveil a council of religious and secular advisors that will guide decisions on faith-based programs for a broad range of domestic and foreign policy issues.

Sure, you can't please everyone. That's a given on anything controversial. But come on! Maybe at least a few people? Maybe that's impossible in the current climate of public pique and partisan politics. Only Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his finance director, Mike Genest, could be found among the Capitol crowd supporting the long-awaited recommendation Tuesday of a blue-ribbon tax commission. "I would sign it immediately" if it were a bill, Schwarzenegger told reporters.