Obama's "empowered" Cabinet?; IGs are like Cassandra; Ritter passed over for a top job (read-this roundup) Posted at 10:44 AM ET, 03/05/2013 President Obama plans to put his Cabinet on a longer leash. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP) Here's what the Loop is reading today: No more micromanaging? - The second-term Cabinet has more outsiders and folks from the business world - and this time around, they're going to be "empowered" to do their own policymaking. Nevermind the IG - Government inspectors general are like Shakespeare's Cassandra - their dire warnings regularly go unheeded. Always a bridesmaid - What it's like to get passed over for a Cabinet pick - sort of like having to clap for the winner of the Best Actor when you didn't win: Former Colorado governor Bill Ritter says he's totally fine where he is. Present tense - And speaking of gift-giving (something the Loop has reported that both SecState John Kerry and President Obama seem to be good at), here's a fun list of nifty presents Obama has received from world leaders.