About a third of the population lives in the midwest + great plains and only a small fraction of the population attends the Ivy League (or similar pristigious schools). How well is that mirrored in that team? Hint: it isn't close to a third of the team nor is it a small percent of Ivy League. His team just didn't reflect the voters. It doesn't have to reflect the voters, but as a voter from the great plains, it does feel like I was being snubbed over and over again.
Midwest:
Vilsack: Midwest (but like I said, he was agriculture so that is almost a given)
Salazar: Midwest (Colorado)
LaHood: Midwest (Illinois)
Sebelius: Midwest (Ohio)
Emanuel: Midwest (Chicago)
Coastal and/or Ivy League and similar Pristgious Schools
Holder: Coastal and Ivy League
Locke: Coastal and Ivy League
Gates: Midwest, and while not technically Ivy League, a PhD from Georgetown is right up there
Duncan: Midwest and Ivy League
Chu: Coastal, and while not technically Ivy League, a PhD from Berkeley is right up there
Napolitano: Partly coastal, partly south
Donovan: Coastal and Ivy League
Solis: Coastal
Clinton: Lived everywhere, Ivy League
Geithner: Coastal/international, Ivy League
Shinseki: Coastal
Schiliro: Coastal
Panetta: Coastal
Summers: Coastal and Ivy League
Blair: Coastal, and while not technically Ivy League, a masers from Oxford is right up there
Jackson: Coastal and Ivy League
Jones: Midwest, and while not technically Ivy League, a degree from Georgetown is right up there
Orszag: Coastal and Ivy League
Rice: Coastal and Ivy League
Browner: Coastal
South:
Kirk: South, not Ivy League
Gibbs: South/Coastal, not Ivy League