Yes mi gente,  apparently the Obama people have been mining this blog for great Hispanic talent for their change dream team.

So what we mentioned some time back is now official: (AND in case your were wondering George Bush the father named another Hispanic to that post back in the day, a guy called Manuel Lujan, Jr.

Obama Selects a Ranchero for Interior

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama this morning introduced Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar as his appointee for Secretary of the Interior.

Obama’s appointment of Salazar comes in the wake of turmoil surrounding the current interior department, which has been accused of corruption, malfeasance and rendering decisions based on politics rather than science.

Obama said it was time for the department to “clean up its act” and vowed to move away from interior’s current emphasis on “big time lobbyists” rather than the public interest

If this nonsense continues, I will just have to come up with a new category for the Obama Latinos and their feats, but that would take a few clicks….