(CNN) President-elect Joe Biden's challenge in assembling a cabinet is as complex as any in history. And Biden evidently realizes that talent is broadly distributed without regard to race, gender, religion or sexual identity. Perhaps the most important thing you learn running for president -- or helping someone run for president -- is how big, broad and impossibly diverse this country is. They think people like Biden insist on diversity because of some politically correct white liberal guilt. Now, here's what some of my left-wing friends don't get about diversity: Biden needs diversity of thought as much as diversity of race, gender, background, religion and sexual identity.

Source: CNN December 12, 2020 03:33 UTC