The Presidential Cabinet

[Malice]

Obama strikes me as the kind of guy who will grab anyone....
a good thing...

Who do you think he will grab for the top positions?

 

[Dark Vigilante]

John Kerry and Deval Patrick are pretty much gaurenteed some sort of Cabinet position.

 

[Matt]

I don't think either would leave their current jobs to take a cabinet spot. Kerry is one of the most powerful men in Senate and Patrick is a young, one term governor who can still have a bright political future himself...why pull the breaks on it for the next eight years?

 

[metr0man]

Chief of Staff has been officially offered to Rahm Immenual (sp?)

I wouldn't be surprised to see some, what right wingers would call RINOs, get a prominent position, Hagel or Luger or someone like that.

 

[Dark Vigilante]

I don't know man, Cabinet positions are political stepping stones. I'm sure they'll at least be asked.

 

[metr0man]

Chief of Staff has been officially offered to Rahm Immenual (sp?)

I wouldn't be surprised to see some, what right wingers would call RINOs, get a prominent position, Hagel or Luger or someone like that.

 

[Dark Vigilante]

I don't think either would leave their current jobs to take a cabinet spot. Kerry is one of the most powerful men in Senate and Patrick is a young, one term governor who can still have a bright political future himself...why pull the breaks on it for the next eight years?

I'm from Massachussetts, and I can tell you, not too many of us like Deval. He's done practically nothing except buy Cadillacs with our tax dollars and buy SUVs for anyone working for the state. I bet he'll take it.

 

[Malice]

Rahm Emanuel is the spelling

Dont have a clue...who is he?

 

[Matt]

I don't know man, Cabinet positions are political stepping stones. I'm sure they'll at least be asked.

Patrick has already announced that he won't leave his governor post. A smart move. My guess is, he will appoint himself as Senator when Ted Kennedy passes. As for Kerry, a cabinet position does him no good. He will never seek the presidency again. So, if he is ready to retire from the Senate, he will take it if offered. If he wants to remain a senator, he won't.

 

[Matt]

Anyhow, I see Richardson for State. Some kind of RINO for Defense. Eric Holder for Attorney General. And as for our treasurer...

http://zombielenin.ytmnd.com/

ZOMBIE LENIN!...damn Obama's socialism.

 

[The Senator]

Rahm Emanuel will make an excellent Chief of Staff (and my boyfriend is incredibly happy right now, considering he used to work for him ).

I have a feeling Olympia Snowe will be offered the job as Commerce Secretary, while Gordon Smith may be made head of the EPA. Both are qualified on the issues they would represent, plus once they leave the Senate, the Democratic governors of their states will appoint replacements-- thus increasing Democratic gains in the Senate.

 

[The Senator]

Patrick has already announced that he won't leave his governor post. A smart move. My guess is, he will appoint himself as Senator when Ted Kennedy passes. As for Kerry, a cabinet position does him no good. He will never seek the presidency again. So, if he is ready to retire from the Senate, he will take it if offered. If he wants to remain a senator, he won't.

I think Tim Kaine will be offered something, though. Kaine can't be re-elected, and his term will be up in one year. He has no other office to run for, so it would make complete sense for Kaine to be offered the Attorney General post.

 

[metr0man]

Rahm Emanuel is the spelling

Dont have a clue...who is he?

House Democrat for Illinois:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15314.html

 

[Malice]

Defense....Powell?

 

[ManofmyWord]

Even though I think he wouldn't accept, I would be thrilled to have Powell anywhere on his cabinet.

 

[Matt]

I think Tim Kaine will be offered something, though. Kaine can't be re-elected, and his term will be up in one year. He has no other office to run for, so it would make complete sense for Kaine to be offered the Attorney General post.

I pretty much took Eric Holder for granted with Edwards out of the running, but good call on Kaine. He was Obama's first major out-of-Illinois endorsement...so he does have some payback coming.

 

[metr0man]

I think Tim Kaine will be offered something, though. Kaine can't be re-elected, and his term will be up in one year. He has no other office to run for, so it would make complete sense for Kaine to be offered the Attorney General post.

I wouldn't mind that. I liked Kaine and actually he was who I wanted for VP. Although I concede a big part of that might have been that I think "Obama/Kaine" just sounds cool. Obama Kaine, could be the hero of an action movie or something.

 

[bunk]

What are the odds of Al Gore being an adviser or something?

 

[Malice]

What are the odds of Al Gore being an adviser or something?

None...
Honestly...Obama doesnt want him in the white house...

 

[metr0man]

maybe in some sort of environmental post, I could see that, otherwise I wouldn't count on it. Going from VP to a cabinet post is considered a step down.

 

[bunk]

None...
Honestly...Obama doesnt want him in the white house...

I don't know what you mean by that. At all, or just on a regular basis? Neither of them want him to be in the White House regularly, but that wouldn't preclude Gore from having an assignment from the Obama administration.

 

[bunk]

maybe in some sort of environmental post, I could see that, otherwise I wouldn't count on it. Going from VP to a cabinet post is considered a step down.

Gore has moved past making choices based on how much power it will give him. All he's concerned with his furthering his global warming mission, otherwise he'd have run himself and possibly won. And I wasn't really thinking cabinet post, it would have to be something where he has a lot of freedom.

 

[metr0man]

Picked this little tidbit up:
At Treasury, per ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "There are two top candidates for Secretary of Treasury right now, which may be one of the first appointments that President-elect Barack Obama makes. One is Larry Summers who served as Treasury Secretary for President Clinton before becoming president of Harvard. Also Tim Geithner, who has been central during this financial crisis. He's the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."

 

[BlackLantern]

I think we will probably see the most diverse cabinet ever...in terms of people and political ideals

 

[Marx]

Do not expect there to be a massive influx of Democratic senators into Obama's cabinet.