Obama Looks To Reagan For Transition Model

from National Public Radio

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is expected to take tips from Ronald Reagan's carefully orchestrated transition. James P. Pfiffner, professor of public policy at George Mason University and author of The Strategic Presidency: Hitting The Ground Running, says that Obama, like Reagan, seems to have started planning early.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 7, 2008