Should Joe find a place in his administration for Cindy McCain?

[yellowcanine]

She would probably pass but I think he should at least ask her.
If Joe does pull out Arizona, I think she gets some of the credit.
I think she is a Democrat but I could be wrong.

[catbyte]

1. An Ambassadorship? That would really stick it to Mango Mussolini.

[Freethinker65]

4. I would be fine with that.

Or perhaps on some executive committee for a cause she is passionate about.

[Blue_true]

9. That is what I thought. She travels a lot and understand a lot of cultures.

Plus, she seems like an ambassador type, circumspect and apparently smart.

[kskiska]

24. Give her Newt's wife's ambassadorship to the Vatican.

Newt will be moving out soon.

[BGBD]

49. Yes, this

was going to be my answer.

[RockRaven]

2. FUCK NO.

He should find places for people dedicated to his agenda above all.

No token appointments.

[madaboutharry]

6. She stepped up for Joe.

Also, they are very close personal friends.

[RockRaven]

35. So invite her to the inauguration and/or a SOTU, and express gratitude for her endorsement

and friendship. Biden needs to reestablish (or establish, depending on one's level of cynicism about history) that appointments are business, not personal.

[JI7]

12. She is dedicated to his agenda. She did a lot to help him win .

[RockRaven]

32. There is a huge gulf between never-Trump Republicans and Joe Biden.

We ignore that chasm at our peril. At best it's an invitation for a corporate media shitshow when she fails to back him up in a high profile moment. At worst you're courting subversion. At either extreme or in between, no thanks.

[LeftInTX]

51. Obama had at least one Republican ambassador, Jon Huntsman

There is nothing wrong with naming Cindy McCain and ambassador...
This is a non political position

[SharonAnn]

3. Yes. She had a role in his election and played it well.

[LakeArenal]

5. That's a great cross the aisle idea.

Ambassador to Ireland.

[Autumn]

7. No, she's a republican and that would be a slap in the face to Democrats. There are thousands

of qualified Democrats to chose from

[JI7]

8. No she wouldn't. Most Democrats like her . And she supported a Biden for President.

[Autumn]

14. I don't know any, a lot of people supported and endorsed Biden because we share his values.

I don't have to share his Republican friends. She endorsed Biden because Trump insulted her dead Republican husband, had he not done that she would have endorsed Trump.

[JI7]

16. Disagree, Cindy McCain defended John Kerry in 2004 and Biden himself has loved them even when he

helped to defeat McCain during the Presidential election in 2008 . They have been friends even before Trump came along .

[Autumn]

21. What happened to the outrage of a president appointing his unqualified friends and family members

to administration posts? I thought I remembered seeing and agreeing with the notion that Dems were better than that.

[JI7]

26. Biden isn't going to appoint anyone that is not qualified for anything.

[Autumn]

30. What magical qualifications does she have? Other than as you said she's a friend of the

family?

[JI7]

34. Read up on her background . There are things she would be qualified for unlike Ivanka and Jared

and the rest of the Trump Trash.

[Autumn]

38. Nah, I have no interest in the pathetic hateful lives of any Republican so I'm gonna say pass

on that. There is not a single Republican public persona that I consider to be decent. Not one. They are all self serving assholes who care nothing for others or their country.

[JI7]

10. IF you follow her on social Media she seems to be enjoying being retired and spending time with

grandkids .

But if she wants some ambassadorship type job then that would be fine.

[WhiteTara]

11. no

[mtnsnake]

13. Why not. She's a good person & she endorsed Biden back in Sept. She said Biden's the better man.

[Autumn]

15. That's a low bar indeed. A crack addict on the street is a better man than Trump.

[mtnsnake]

18. How many other high profile republicans have you heard them saying Biden is the better man?

[Autumn]

23. There were other Republicans who endorsed Biden over Trump. Key word Republicans.

Their endorsements meant nothing to me. If Pence were the President they and she would have endorsed him.

[mtnsnake]

36. Maybe their endorsements meant nothing to you but I'm sure they meant something to Biden

[Autumn]

39. I'm sure that the votes and support of Democrats mean more than any Republican

endorsement. There are any number of qualified Democrats. You dance with the one who "brung you". We brought him to the dance.

[mtnsnake]

41. Who said anything about votes?

[Autumn]

43. I did. Votes, endorsements, elections, they all kind of go together.

[mtnsnake]

46. The sun shines on everyone

[GoCubsGo]

17. No.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

19. Put her in charge of Trumpel-Foreskin's cell-block

I'm sure he'd love to know that she'd be in charge of his new digs. She can probably even do it from wherever she wants to, with all the work from home stuff now. Hell, they could give her some buttons to press that do little stupid things in and around his cell just to let him know that she's watching, or that the cat is walking on the keyboard (assuming she has a cat. I'm sure someone would lend her a cat, just so that it could press those buttons for her).

[Blue Owl]

27. There will be no scoops this week

Due to tRump-era budget cuts

[Firebrand Gary]

20. And so it begins...

After FOUR years of an American dictator, members of our own party are already demanding purity at a time when we better continue working on a bigger tent. NEWS FLASH People! Without the Senate, we're not getting much accomplished! That includes confirming the Biden Harris Cabinet!

Stupid.

[Autumn]

28. After FOUR years of a Republican dictator, members of our own party are already wanting to appoint

a Republican to the Biden Harris administration. NEWS FLASH People! Fuck that.

[Firebrand Gary]

40. Yep, Autumn is back...

One cannot help but to remember the hatchet job Autumn did on Hillary just a few years ago! Clearly learned NOTHING! One of these days people will learn that when EVIL gets 68 MILLION VOTES - There is a problem and it ain't Biden's rhetoric! It's Autumns! Well FUCK THAT!

[milestogo]

22. No, of course not.

[crickets]

25. No.

[helpisontheway]

29. I doubt she would want anything like that. She has a new granddaughter

Plus she keeps saying over and over that she is a Republican. She supported Biden because Trump is evil. Plus Biden is a family friend and as she said a good man. However, she does not agree with Biden on issues. And that’s fine. I’m glad she helped him.

[ecstatic]

31. um... absolutely not! What are her qualifications?

I do not want another trump style regime where friends are given cushy cabinet jobs. Fck that!

I want competence and order!

[melman]

33. NO

[oasis]

37. Presidential Medal of Freedom for exceptional citizenship. nt

[Firebrand Gary]

42. Agreed.

It will take more than the democratic party to fix this. I wish more people got that.

[Autumn]

44. So we get republicans who broke everything to fix it?

Yeah that's the ticket!

[Firebrand Gary]

47. No one said that.

Simple including Cindy McCain as an olive branch is smart strategy, it's how we got Mark Kelly into the Senate. It will be accepted as Presidential, something this country desperately needs.

We've got a real problem coming as well with the Biden cabinet. Anyone who believes that Mitch is going to confirm Biden's preferred cabinet is foolish. This is going to be a fight and someone like Cindy McCain could sail through and probably help Biden get a few more liberal members through with her.

Coalition.
Chess.

[Sgent]

45. Yep

I like an ambassadorship or maybe director of USAID (she's been involved with overseas health initiatives for decades).

[Firebrand Gary]

48. She would be an ideal Ambassador, I agree.

It's about building bridges and mending relationships. Fast.

[renate]

50. Sure, if she's willing

Why not? She seems like a good person.

Ambassadorships (most of them) are usually distributed as thank-yous, so this wouldn’t be unusual, and she has a lot of in-the-room political experience anyway.