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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGAG ME: Democrat Harold Ford Jr. emerging as potential Trump pick
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/11/harold-ford-cabinet-trump-23177611/22/16 05:57 PM EST
Former Democratic Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. is emerging as a possible contender for transportation secretary, or another Cabinet post, in Donald Trumps budding administration.
The telegenic Ford who served five terms in Congress representing Tennessee and is the son of a long-serving Democratic congressman from Memphis has worked as a managing director at Morgan Stanley since 2011, and is a regular news analyst on MSNBC.
Ford endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race, and he and his wife, Emily, contributed to Clinton's campaign. But Ford is also close with Trumps children, Don Jr., Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, an associate said.
Now the moderate Democrat is poised to potentially join the incoming Republican administration. Two sources confirmed to POLITICO that Ford has yet to meet with the president-elect, but that there have been some preliminary feelers put out about potential Cabinet-level posts, including transportation secretary, via "emissaries." And Ford did not rule it out.
"He's happy doing what he's doing," a source close to Ford told POLITICO. "If the President-elect called, then of course, he would listen carefully."
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GAG ME: Democrat Harold Ford Jr. emerging as potential Trump pick (Original Post)
flamingdem
Nov 2016
OP
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)1. Ford has been ...
A blue dog for as long as I could remember.
He's a conservadem.
Not shocked
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)2. I guess, but he's toast if he does this
Right now no decent dem should talk to Cheeto, and that includes Tulsi Gabbard.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. The term "moderate Democrat" is basically meaningless.
Max Baucus and Joe Lieberman were also moderate Democrats.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)4. Opportunist seems more apt
Ford is a hack
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)6. I was represented in Illinois by a moderate Democrat, William Lipinski.
After leaving Congress, and making certain his son replaced him, Lipinski immediately got a job as a lobbyist for the railroad industry. Coincidentally, he had a seat on the Committee overseeing the railroad industry.
UTUSN
(70,706 posts)5. Empty head/empty suit. He barely talks on Morning Scabs, like Clarence THOMAS.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)7. Really does sound like excellent tRump material
Can be an attack dog against Obama even.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)8. Pushed by Joe Scarborough I'm sure..n/t