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

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Stacey Abrams should head the DNC forever and ever. If she gets GA that close to voting for a Democrat for president, I think she can do great things for the party nationally.

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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.

I count 5/6 POC. What would be an appropriate number? Of course establishment, tends to correlate to experience and competence.

I don't dislike anyone on this list but I agree with PP I'd like a more forward-thinking choice for Sec Ag, if there are any good candidates.

Not diverse enough - need more white women as well.

Half of the suggestions are diverse, half are women. My money is on Flournoy and Yates for pretty sure bets. Mayor Peter and Keisha Lance Bottoms too, just not sure in which roles. I like him for UN ambassador, maybe KLB for HUD or Transportation.

Weird. Woman are diverse - including white women.

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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.

She’s going to get investigated up the wazoo.

There is something really fishy going on with her, her uber rich Chinese family (they are from Taiwan but their money is mostly in Chinese shipping) and the fact the Mitch McConnell keeps getting re-elected.

The other thing is that her Chinese family has given Mitch millions of dollars over the years. While he has held political office.

It’s also really ironic how the right hates China so much but basically is taking their money anyway.

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Gritty for press secretary

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Anonymous wrote:Gretchen Whitmer and Detroit mayor Mike Duggan have to get something. Duggan was one of his earliest supporters and stuck with him even when it looked like he was going to lose the primary. Duggan controls that Detroit and Wayne County Machine that delivered him the state.

Whitmer should stay where she is and then run for Stabenow’s seat in four years. She’s 70.

Gretchen Whitmer would never leave being governor of an important state to serve in cabinet - she will likely be in the VP stakes in 2024. Duggan would be great even though he failed to turn out Detroit.

She will lose her next election, likely to right wing boy wonder Lee Chatfield. She knows it, that’s why she has a PR team raising her national profile.

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Anonymous wrote:Gretchen Whitmer and Detroit mayor Mike Duggan have to get something. Duggan was one of his earliest supporters and stuck with him even when it looked like he was going to lose the primary. Duggan controls that Detroit and Wayne County Machine that delivered him the state.

Whitmer should stay where she is and then run for Stabenow’s seat in four years. She’s 70.

Whitmer doesn't want to be in Michigan. She wants out ASAP. Her posture over the last 12 months made that very obvious.

Not true. But she came this close to VP in 2020, will definitely be in the mix in 2024 or 2028.

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Yang needs to be in technology/innovation or technology. I actually think a position should be made for him to deal with automation and regulation of the internet.

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

I think it will be Yates--we know Biden likes her. I do think it will be a woman.

It would be wonderful if Sally Yates would come on board since she left at the beginning of Trump’s term. She is from Georgia which would be an interesting touch.

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Michele Flournoy - Sec Def.

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Not cabinet picks, but SCOTUS. Breyer will step-down almost immediately. The first pick will be Leondra Kruger. I was hoping for a more progressive pick like Anita Earls, but with a republican senate, a moderate will have to do. If Thomas passes, Biden will have to pick a minority male. It will likely be Paul Watford, another conventional moderate pick. The progressive legal world really likes Tino Cuellar, who would be an interesting pick to replace Thomas as well.

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Anonymous wrote:"Whomever Dr. Jill likes for Sec Ed, should be BIPOC"

He's already said it would likely be a head of a teachers union. Don't think the kids will be going back to school in person for a very long time.

I'm relatively sure he said "an educator" not "the head of a teacher's union." Regardless, the federal Secretary of Education has basically zero say in whether kids go back to school.

According to WaPo, under consideration are Randi Weingarten (AFT) and Lily Garcia (NEA). Having someone in that role whose focus has been on the teachers rather than the children is unsettling.

I can't stand Weingarten. Agree these are terrible ideas.

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Anonymous wrote:Sherrod Brown for Commerce

Why would we remove a Dem senator to be replaced by a republican?

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Anonymous wrote:Not cabinet picks, but SCOTUS. Breyer will step-down almost immediately. The first pick will be Leondra Kruger. I was hoping for a more progressive pick like Anita Earls, but with a republican senate, a moderate will have to do. If Thomas passes, Biden will have to pick a minority male. It will likely be Paul Watford, another conventional moderate pick. The progressive legal world really likes Tino Cuellar, who would be an interesting pick to replace Thomas as well.

Then Tino can take Kavanaugh's seat when he is convinced to retire rather than face impeachment for his perjury and financial crimes.

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Mayor Pete will do something in the Intel community. He already was an intelligence analyst and needs a high profile foreign policy role. DNI may be a good fit - he’d be a go-between the IC and the West Wing.

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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

None of the Senators (Amy K, Elizabeth W) - we need them there. Part of me wants a role for Romney - but have a red senator willing to cross the aisle is more valuable.

Please, not Goolsbee again. I swear, he single-handedly killed the public option in ACA.