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Critics who were disappointed that Barack Obama did not give more African Americans key high profile slots may be quieted soon.Barack Obama may be on the verge of hiring two QUE DAWG GOP Members. The African American fraternity Omega Psi Phi has two Republican members being considered for key slots. Ironically most of Obama’s high profile African American males such as Reverend Wright are members of the Royal Purple and Old Gold Fraternity. As of Playahata.com press time rumors have it that Barack Obama is set to fill his Secretary of Commerce slot with The rockefeller republican, Lawyer Richard Parsons and Astronaut Charles Bolden Jr to head NASA. If so it would be the first time African Americans have held either slots.Although both Republicans Parson calls himself a Rockefeller Republican, which is a person who is conservative when it comes to economic matters, and more liberal concerning social issues.
Bolden on the other hand does not like to be identified by party at all.Bolden pictured below, is A former astronaut who has made four trips into space is reportedly a leading candidate for the top job at NASA. The former test pilot left NASA in 1994 after 14 years of service to return to the Marine Corps, where he rose to the rank of major general. He retired in 2003.

But Bolden has remained familiar with NASA’s workings and personnel. He serves on NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, one of nine experts who advises the administrator. He is also an adviser to the four high-ranking NASA officials who are overseeing the upcoming space shuttle reconditioning flight to the 18-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. Bolden piloted the shuttle Discovery in 1990 that flew the observatory into space.

Bolden said Tuesday night that while he has discussed the space agency and its future with friends at NASA, he has not been contacted by Obama’s transition team.

“I’m as surprised as anyone,” he said about the reports circulating in Washington and at the Johnson Space Center about his name surfacing as a leading candidate.

NBC News and the Orlando Sentinel published the reports Tuesday afternoon.

In 2002, President George W. Bush nominated Republican Bolden to serve as NASA’s deputy administrator. However, the nomination was withdrawn after the Pentagon objected to civilian agencies drafting high-ranking officers during wartime.
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