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

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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.

I agree he would make a good press secretary but does he really want to be an attack dog against the conservative press and that's it? I feel that it's not prestigious/political/impactful enough of a position for him to just be a talking head...

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Anonymous wrote:Hillary Clinton!!!!

Honestly, I would love for her to be Secretary of State again. She was a great one. I’m a 10-year State Department employee.

Agreed. Powell was Secretary when I started working at State, and my best years in the building were when Clinton was Secretary.

For now, I am counting the days until I am rid of Pompeo.

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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

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Somebody needs to put Andrew Yang in there. He's super underrated.

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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.

I agree he would make a good press secretary but does he really want to be an attack dog against the conservative press and that's it? I feel that it's not prestigious/political/impactful enough of a position for him to just be a talking head...

The mainstream media is constantly parroting right wing talking points. I think he could help reshape that. The American public deserves to actually hear what the Democrats say. I think Pete could do that much more capably than many others. DP.

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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

There's a whole lot of establishment figures in there. And I know we shouldn't do diversity for the sake of it, but it's not the most diverse crowd of people.

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Anonymous wrote:My Bloomberg terminal said Gary Gensler is the front runner for SEC

He’s heading up financial issues for the transition

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Whoever gets Dept of Ag needs to support regenerative farming. 30% of our greenhouse gasses come from traditional plowing and farming methods. Regenerative farming not only would reduce these contributions to nil but will also help fix carbon in the soil. We can’t just have agriculture welfare for the big boys who make soy and corn monoculture from Ohio over to Nebraska.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody needs to put Andrew Yang in there. He's super underrated.

Wasn’t he thinking about running for NYC mayor?

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Doug Jones would make an amazing AG, although Sally Yates is another good suggestion above.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody needs to put Andrew Yang in there. He's super underrated.

Agree Yang is underrated. He would be a popular Press Secretary.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Why would we want him fighting against providing information to the press?

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Steve Bullock for Interior, Garcetti for Transporation, Raphael Bostic for Treasury or Fed Chair, Michele Flournoy for Defense, Buttigieg for USTR or UN Ambassador

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody needs to put Andrew Yang in there. He's super underrated.

Agree Yang is underrated. He would be a popular Press Secretary.

I listened to Andrew Yang interview with Joe Rogan. He seems to know a lot about transportation and automation, such as autonomous driving vehicles.

Andrew Yang: Department of Transportation

What would happen to Senator Mitch McConnell's wife Elaine Lan Chao? She has prior experience as Secretary of Labor under GW Bush.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody needs to put Andrew Yang in there. He's super underrated.

Agree Yang is underrated. He would be a popular Press Secretary.

I listened to Andrew Yang interview with Joe Rogan. He seems to know a lot about transportation and automation, such as autonomous driving vehicles.

Andrew Yang: Department of Transportation

What would happen to Senator Mitch McConnell's wife Elaine Lan Chao? She has prior experience as Secretary of Labor under GW Bush.

She’s going to get investigated up the wazoo.