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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:12 PM
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Obama's Cabinet: I want Biden for SecState, Edwards for AG...
Joe Biden DESERVES the Secretary of State job. He's a fucking natural at it. He's got the best strategic mind on foreign policy in the Senate.

And the Justice department is in Shambles. It truly needs a solid, inspirational leader who has his heart in the right place. John Edwards is the Attorney General in my Obama administration.

Make sense?

Who you got for Defense Secretary? Clark is my pick. He would be a natural here.

Who you got for HHS? If we want Health Care reform to be real, this secretary job will be critical.

EPA?

Others?
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:13 PM
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1. I am 3 for 3 with you on those choices
:toast:
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:14 PM
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2. Clark is ineligible for Secty. of Defense
He hasn't been out of the military for 10 years.

I agree with Biden and Edwards, though.
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:15 PM
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3. Bummer. How 'bout National Security Advisor then?
He really should be on our national security team.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:21 PM
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7. I agree
and that would work. I wanted him for Defense, too, but learned way back from someone on DU that he was ineligible.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:15 PM
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4. HHS: Gov. Dean. Sec. of the Interior: Al Gore. n/t
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:18 PM
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5. Interior is waaay beneath Al's pay grade
He's gotta be international focus - global climate, not administer the national park service!
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:19 PM
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6. I agree. Big Al is bigger than a Cabinet position. But Dept Interior...
is pretty darn critical, as is the EPA.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:04 PM
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12. I don't think Gore is so concerned about jokeying for position or status now....
If he could be coaxed to get off his Laureate (heh) and serve his country again, I don't think it would be the stature of the position that would draw him, but rather what he could do in the position that would draw him.

I've heard him say he wouldn't run for office again, but not that he wouldn't accept a cabinet post. I believe y'all if you say he's said it, though.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:24 PM
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22. Gore for Climate Czar.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:27 PM
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24. I'm not so much for "Czar" positions....
because we have the Departments already, and "Czar" positions are usually formed because the existing Departments aren't doing their jobs. When that is the case, adding yet another layer of paralyzing bureaucracy isn't moving in the right direction.

I say, fix the Departments we have first and then, if necessary, once they are functioning properly, THEN consider a "Czar."

But, if there's going to be a Czar, I think it would be great for Gore to take the position.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 06:22 PM
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8. Gore has said several times that he will not take a cabinet post
Edited on Thu May-15-08 06:23 PM by SharonRB
RFK, Jr. would be great for Interior or EPA.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:02 PM
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9. Damn. Not to keen on RFK Jr. If Nader wasn't senile, he'd be good. n/t
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:03 PM
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11. Nader couldn't manage its way out of a paper bag...
I wouldn't put him in my cabinet, or anywhere near it.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:05 PM
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14. No kidding. Not now. But once he was a contendah. n/t
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:06 PM
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Just have to say that it is much more relaxing to discuss Obama appointments in this folder...
than to deal with grieving, disappointed Hillary supporters who are, understandably, a little reactive right now, in other folders.
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:10 PM
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16. Absolutely agree! nt
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:15 PM
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19. Consider recommeding the thread! n/t
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deadmessengers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:03 PM
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10. Here are a few
State: Biden (if not elected VP) or Bob Graham. Or... Hillary?
AG: Until 2 months ago, I would have said Eliot Spitzer. Now? Who knows. This job is too small for John Edwards, I'm afraid.
Treasury: Michael Bloomberg
Defense: Bob Graham (if not SecState) or Chuck Hagel
HUD: Shirley Franklin - this is a great job for a big-city mayor.
Interior: Gov. Tony Knowles (if not elected to the Senate)
Homeland Security: Hagel
Agriculture: Any Governor or Congressperson with an extra-special hardon for Monsanto.
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:04 PM
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13. Hagel for SecDef or Homeland Security is a great choice...we really...
should have a few republicans in the cabinet.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:06 PM
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15. Biden should have Reid's job, be in charge of the senate
Don't pull any established senators or congress critters from their positions, use their seniority and experiences (and frustrations) for the good of the nation.

Richardson Secretary of State

Edwards Attorney General
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:13 PM
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18. I think Biden's strong suit is Foriegn Policy, not counting votes...we're still smarting from...
losing Tom Daschle. We need someone like that for the post. I would be fine with Hillary there, for instance...
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:22 PM
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21. Oh hell no
Tell me what major piece of legislation has hillary really worked on while in the senate.

She is too young a senator for that job - Biden needs to be in charge of the senate and put smart people over the right committees while he remains on the foreign relation committee and the homeland security committee.

Those are vital jobs and they key members with experience holding them, they are not just political positions, don't ever sell short what those folks have done and can do, the importance of their jobs.
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:11 PM
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17. BTW, I would be thrilled with Bill Clinton as head of the UN...
Not sure when this comes up again, but he'd be great for it.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:18 PM
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20. Samantha Power would be great as UN Ambassador
and certainly better than Rice as Secretary of State.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 07:25 PM
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23. Sounds good to me. I'd pick Dean for HHS. He's a Dr, administrator
and he has a record of instituting health care as a gov.
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Yukari Yakumo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 08:00 PM
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25. Edwards as AG?
I don't think so. We need someone with the skills and the cajones to clean up the mess Bush will leave us with.

Plus I think Edwards would be better suited at a different post. He'll be better off at HUD secretary, HHS secretary, or Labor secretary, though I'm not sure which one can be used to fight poverty the most efficiently.
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