Let's speculate.... Who's going to be in Biden's cabinet

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Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

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Will Obama have any formal role or just unofficial advisor?
Mondale was an Ambassador after he was VP.

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Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

You can in states that will replace them with Democrats. While Charlie Baker is a republican governor, Massachusetts has a super-majority in both houses of the legislature and they can enact appointment rules including requiring the governor to replace an outgoing Senator with a candidate from the same political party. This is the most likely case if they need to replace Elizabeth Warren.

Likewise, VP-elect Harris' position will be safe as Gavin Newsom is a Democrat and one only has to look at his ex-wife to know that he absolutely knows the danger of picking a Republican.

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Anonymous wrote:Jill Biden for ED? Why not??

No! Let's let nepotism not be a legacy of the Trump Administration.

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Anonymous wrote:Pete Buttigieg for comms or UN ambassador. He’s excel in either

Warren in Budget or Treasury

As a teacher I am most interested in sec of education. Anyone will be an improvement over Devos of course but I’ve seen Lily Garcia and Randi Weingarten floated and I’m not thrilled about either

Have seen Doug Jones flagged for AG and I think that would be a good choice

No one is taking Warren out of the Senate and giving that seat to a Republican governor to fill.

But I do think these are good roles for Warren. I used to work at OMB, and she'd be an amazing OMB Director...even though, stature-wise, it's way to low for her. I can just picture what it would be like having to defend budget recommendations to her. It would elevate every line of the President's Budget, and it would be awesome! But it will never happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

In Massachusetts? They literally only vote Democrat. It’s safe to lose a Massachusetts senator.

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Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

In Massachusetts? They literally only vote Democrat. It’s safe to lose a Massachusetts senator.

And this is why they currently have a Republican governor?

Unless the state legislature enacts new rules that require Warren to be replaced by a member of the same party, she's not going anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Hillary Clinton!!!!

Yes!

NO

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Anonymous wrote:Biden fell in love with Mayor Pete during the primary and wanted to adopt him as a surrogate son. And he did a fantastic job on Fox fighting for Biden. I bet there is a place for him.

I like Chief of Staff for Pete.

No. He doesn't have the political experience for that job. However, he would be a fantastic Press Secretary. If you don't believe me, go and look at the videos of his interviews on Fox and tell me that he wouldn't put smarta$$ WH journalists in their place and handle them smoothly when they press for information that he isn't giving out.

THIS is a great idea.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

You can in states that will replace them with Democrats. While Charlie Baker is a republican governor, Massachusetts has a super-majority in both houses of the legislature and they can enact appointment rules including requiring the governor to replace an outgoing Senator with a candidate from the same political party. This is the most likely case if they need to replace Elizabeth Warren.

Likewise, VP-elect Harris' position will be safe as Gavin Newsom is a Democrat and one only has to look at his ex-wife to know that he absolutely knows the danger of picking a Republican.

That is an anti-democratic move (little d). Warren can wait until 2023 for her appointment. Biden needs her in the Senate to help with a domestic policy agenda anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

In Massachusetts? They literally only vote Democrat. It’s safe to lose a Massachusetts senator.

And this is why they currently have a Republican governor?

Unless the state legislature enacts new rules that require Warren to be replaced by a member of the same party, she's not going anywhere.

+1 and they’ve had years to do this and still have not done it. Not happening.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lael Brainard for Treasury.

No that’s going to Elizabeth Warren. That was the deal they cut.

WE CAN’T LOSE ANY SENATORS.

In Massachusetts? They literally only vote Democrat. It’s safe to lose a Massachusetts senator.

And this is why they currently have a Republican governor?

Unless the state legislature enacts new rules that require Warren to be replaced by a member of the same party, she's not going anywhere.

+1 and they’ve had years to do this and still have not done it. Not happening.

+2 Regardless she wouldn't be confirmed in the current Senate anyway. Biden has to stick to moderates, has no choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Sally Yates
Eric Garceti
Andrew Yang
Susan Rice
Stacey Abrams
Doug Jones
Vindman (!)
John Delaney (in some kind of economic/ business role)
Austin Goolsbee
Raghuram Rajan

UChicago with those last two.

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Anonymous wrote:Michele Flournoy is at the head of the line for Sec Def.

Would love to see Stacey Abrams with something, but not sure what she's qualified for/would want. Amy K and Tammy Duckworth could probably also have something if they want, but they're better off staying put in the Senate. Would love for Amy K to replace Schumer in the leadership. Whitmer could have a post, but makes sense for her to stay put as well.

Mayor Pete for Transportation Sec or UN Ambassador--know he doesn't have traditional credentials for the latter but he's a sharp cookie and, with the right staff, would do well imo. I think Biden would be eager to mentor him.

Lael Braenard or Raphael Bostic for Sec Treasury

Tom Blinken NSA

Eric Garcetti for Labor

Karen Bass for HUD

Sally Yates for AG

Lujan Grisham for HHS (read she's angling for it)

Chris Murphy or William Burns for State

Jay Inslee for Interior

Alejandro Mayorkas for Homeland Security

Whomever Dr. Jill likes for Sec Ed, should be BIPOC

Vilsack for Sec Ag, if he's not too long in the tooth.

Susan Rice needs a non-confirmation slot--she wouldn't make it through the Senate. A caveat for any of these names, if Biden thinks they'd be too hard to get through

Agree with everyone but Rice. I worked with her and she is not capable. We propped her up as well as we could.

You've posted this before. Can you give more detail? Anyway Rice is likely a non-starter with the current Senate. Biden doesn't need to start with anything bruising.


Heidi Heitkamp is being discussed for Sec Ag, seems like a good choice.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michele Flournoy is at the head of the line for Sec Def.

Would love to see Stacey Abrams with something, but not sure what she's qualified for/would want. Amy K and Tammy Duckworth could probably also have something if they want, but they're better off staying put in the Senate. Would love for Amy K to replace Schumer in the leadership. Whitmer could have a post, but makes sense for her to stay put as well.

Mayor Pete for Transportation Sec or UN Ambassador--know he doesn't have traditional credentials for the latter but he's a sharp cookie and, with the right staff, would do well imo. I think Biden would be eager to mentor him.

Lael Braenard or Raphael Bostic for Sec Treasury

Tom Blinken NSA

Eric Garcetti for Labor

Karen Bass for HUD

Sally Yates for AG

Lujan Grisham for HHS (read she's angling for it)

Chris Murphy or William Burns for State

Jay Inslee for Interior

Alejandro Mayorkas for Homeland Security

Whomever Dr. Jill likes for Sec Ed, should be BIPOC

Vilsack for Sec Ag, if he's not too long in the tooth.

Susan Rice needs a non-confirmation slot--she wouldn't make it through the Senate. A caveat for any of these names, if Biden thinks they'd be too hard to get through

Agree with everyone but Rice. I worked with her and she is not capable. We propped her up as well as we could.

You've posted this before. Can you give more detail? Anyway Rice is likely a non-starter with the current Senate. Biden doesn't need to start with anything bruising.


Heidi Heitkamp is being discussed for Sec Ag, seems like a good choice.

Not that PP, but I looked at her Wikipedia page and it seems she gets a lot of blame for many of Obama's foreign policy mistakes.