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Yes, Ron Klain is probably the #1 choice for CoS.  He was CoS to both Gore and Biden when they were VPOTUS and he was a senior advisor on the Biden presidential campaign.  He has been with Biden forever and is whip-smart when it comes to the politics.  Basically, if he wants the CoS staff position (and why wouldn't he?), it's his.

Actually, I think an amazingly brilliant idea is that Biden should find a cabinet position for Senator Kennedy from LA.  Kennedy is a moderate Republican.  Until 2007, he was a Democrat and then flipped.  He has no love lost for Donald Trump and has periodically strayed across the aisle to join the Democrats including helping to block three of Trump's judicial nominees.  He's a very astute and well educated lawyer, so maybe AG?  Louisiana has a Democratic governor, so offering a cabinet position to Kennedy allows Biden to come off as reaching across the aisle, plus with a Democratic governor, the replacement Senator would likely be a Democrat.  Additionally, Kennedy is up for reelection in 2022 and is likely to face a hard reelection campaign.  He's only moderately popular in Louisiana (46% approval rating).  He might be happy to have a resting place for four years instead of looking at a hard reelection in 2 years.  Could be a valuable win-win for Kennedy. [/quote]
I like the thinking, but no way would McConnell would let this happen. Kennedy is also not a moderate republican. He votes with Trump 90% of the time. He also would be a horrible AG, as he is super tough on crime, going against dems push for criminal justice reform. And also, his 2022 election will be a cakewalk. Bill Cassidy was just reelected with 60% of the vote.[/quote]

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