Cabinet predictions

baklawa

baklawa

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Ok, let's start!  I hope no sitting democrat rep or senator is picked, they're needed where they are.  I'm not listing all of them, just the big ones.

My picks:

Secretary of Defense:  Chuck Hagel, repubican supporter of Obama.  If he has to be bipartisan, this would be a good pick (though it looks like Gates will staying on unfortunately)
Attorney General:   Janet Napolitano maybe?
Secretary of State:  Richard Holbrooke
Secretary of the Treasury:  Paul Krugman!  Won't happen, but that would be cool
Environmental Protection Agency:  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Chief of Staff:   Tom Daschle  Ok, my first wrong one -- it's Rahm Emanuel
National Security Adviser:  Gen. Wesley Clark
CIA Director:  Valerie Plame!  Ok, another long-shot, but still would be cool

 
Secretary of Defense:  Gen. Wesley Clark I like
Attorney General:  Janet Napolitano maybe?
Secretary of State:  Richard Holbrooke
Secretary of the Treasury:  Paul Krugman!  Won't happen, but that would be cool
Environmental Protection Agency:  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. How about gore?
Chief of Staff:  Tom Daschle I like
National Security Adviser:  Sen. Richard Lugar

I would love to see Colin Powell in the in the mix.....i doubt he would accept, but even as an advisor....who can say no????


 
petervocals said:
Secretary of Defense:  Gen. Wesley Clark I like
Attorney General:  Janet Napolitano maybe?
Secretary of State:  Richard Holbrooke
Secretary of the Treasury:  Paul Krugman!  Won't happen, but that would be cool
Environmental Protection Agency:  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. How about gore?
Chief of Staff:  Tom Daschle I like
National Security Adviser:  Sen. Richard Lugar

I would love to see Colin Powell in the in the mix.....i doubt he would accept, but even as an advisor....who can say no????
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I think Gore is too big for a cabinet position.  The man is an internationally-recognized statesman now.  He should remain as a party elder.  I don't know if Colin Powell would accept a position.  I think him being a republican endorsing a democrat was a very big contribution for Obama.
 
It does look like Rahm Emanuel will be Chief of Staff, despite his denials of having been asked.  I do think it will be a good pick; the COS is basically the President's right-hand and Rahm apparently has that kind of close relationship with Obama. Let's just hope the rest of the picks aren't so centrist (though I think they may be.)
 
waleeta said:
Secretary of State:  Bill Cllinton.
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Oh please don't f**king torture me like that.

Bring on the Centrists.  It's all downhill after last night.  Like your brother, I can't wait to start criticizing the centrist Obama presidency.
 
baklawa said:
It does look like Rahm Emanuel will be Chief of Staff, despite his denials of having been asked.  I do think it will be a good pick; the COS is basically the President's right-hand and Rahm apparently has that kind of close relationship with Obama. Let's just hope the rest of the picks aren't so centrist (though I think they may be.)
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This is the thing that almost led me not to vote for him but I thought the Supreme Court was more important.  Emmanuel is the epitome of the weak, wishy washy, centrist, pro-war, Israel ass kissing Democrat that I despise.  The Chief of Staff also decides what information gets put on the President's desk and in that regard Rahm scares me.
 
jacob said:
Oh please don't f**king torture me like that.

Bring on the Centrists.  It's all downhill after last night.  Like your brother, I can't wait to start criticizing the centrist Obama presidency.
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I think what the really hilarious part of this election was the far-right screaming hysterically that Obama would govern from the left.  You can't work your ass off to win states like Virginia, Indiana and North Carolina and govern from that position without possibly losing them in four years.  This will definitely be a centrist government, with all the good and bad that that entails.
 
waleeta said:
No to centrism!
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Come on Waleeta, we have to be realistic here.  If we want to hold on to those red states that we (barely) turned blue, as well as bring in some more red states that were very close (Montana, Missouri) we are going to have to give up on a couple of things and move to the center (at least for the time being.)  Baby steps  :shades:

Plus, it will give a few of us something to whine about for the next four years  :mrgreen:
 
No.  Seriously, no.  Centrism is stupid and pointless.  The more Liberal the idea, the better it will serve those in those "swing" states, they'll vote for Obama again.  :)
 
waleeta said:
No.  Seriously, no.  Centrism is stupid and pointless.  The more Liberal the idea, the better it will serve those in those "swing" states, they'll vote for Obama again.  :)
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No argument from me on that one.  But for how long have those residents of swing states voted against their interests?  Look what it took for them to finally cast their ballots for us. If we can pass legislation that will benefit them, even if it may not be entirely the way we longed for, I'd support it.  For me, having tangible results is really the bottom line, something we can point to by the end of the 4 years, even if it would not be what I originally hoped for.  Although if it is, all the better  :thumbup:
 
David Axelrod (Obama's chief campaign strategist) just named his Senior Adviser.  Very well deserved.

Oh, and Robert Gibbs, his current communications director, will be the Press Secretary.  This is the guy who tore Insannity a new one live on the air.
 
I don't know why you guys are hating on centrism. I like centrism...I like the balance.

jacob said:
:nono:  terrible for America and a useless Democrat.
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Dude, he's freakin' awesome (pretty extreme, but awesome) and I like him...so... :razz:
 
Ashuriena said:
I don't know why you guys are hating on centrism. I like centrism...I like the balance.

Dude, he's freakin' awesome (pretty extreme, but awesome) and I like him...so... :razz:
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That's it you're getting taken off my MSN.
 
"This year?s presidential election was a clear referendum on political philosophies
? and the progressive philosophy won."

The Obama Agenda

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: November 7, 2008

The Obama Agenda

Right now, many commentators are urging Mr. Obama to think small. Some make the case on political grounds: America, they say, is still a conservative country, and voters will punish Democrats if they move to the left. Others say that the financial and economic crisis leaves no room for action on, say, health care reform.

Let?s hope that Mr. Obama has the good sense to ignore this advice.

..............the response to the economic crisis is, in itself, a chance to advance the progressive agenda.

. . ......So a serious progressive agenda ? call it a new New Deal ? isn?t just economically possible, it?s exactly what the economy needs.

The bottom line, then, is that Barack Obama shouldn?t listen to the people trying to scare him into being a do-nothing president. He has the political mandate; he has good economics on his side. You might say that the only thing he has to fear is fear itsel

much more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/opinion/07krugman.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin


Someone please explain to me why this Nobel Prize winner should not be appointed Secretary of the Treasury?
 
waleeta said:
THANK YOU PAUL KRUGMAN!

MOVE LEFT!!! MOVE LEFT!!!
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Lol, I knew you'd like that one Waleeta, especially after the discussion here yesterday.

I quietly second-guessed some moves that the Obama campaign made during the primaries, only to be proven wrong.  By all accounts they ran a nearly flawless campaign.  I'm hoping my reservations about some of the names being bantered about for appointments will also be wrong.
 
I heard one rumor about Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan for Energy.  She's big on wind turbine and other alternative energies.  Might be his first good pick, so that means he'll probably pick someone else.
 
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