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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Within weeks, he was at HUD calling in new staff and holdovers, asking them for their vision for the year ahead. If they started rattling off about policy, he’d wave them off....When detailed policy questions about housing and mortgage financing came up, those people said, he’d freeze up. He seems genuinely interested in helping people, they’d say, but not interested enough in HUD policy to want to engage deeply.[/quote]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/julian-castro-possible-vice-president-218119
Would be a terrible VP. What was O thinking, even offering him DHS? Ridiculous.

[quote]Castro turned down the first two jobs he considered for the Obama administration.

He said no to Homeland Security before anyone ever offered it, after a Democratic operative with White House ties reached out to gauge his interest in taking over for Janet Napolitano. No way, Castro and his tight circle of advisers decided. The concern wasn’t that he had no national security or law enforcement experience, but, according to people familiar with the conversations at the time, because: what if there was an attack on his watch? That would have ended the political career he’d started with a fundraiser with his twin brother among his Harvard Law classmates before they graduated.[/quote][/quote]

I read this political piece.  It makes Castro seem like a totally craven, self-promoting lightweight.  He's actually taking Spanish lessons, hoping that they enhance his chances of being chosen as the VP nominee.  Whereas his predecessor at HUD (Donovan) liked to get into the meet of housing issues, Castro insists on 1-page briefing memos and is considered a superficial figurehead at the department.  The most jarring part of the article was that Hillary's advisors, noting that if elected she would be the second oldest president to take office, are terrified of the thought of a President Castro.  [/quote]

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