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Joe Nation

(963 posts)
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:49 PM Feb 2019

If you could pick from the current Democratic candidates and put them in the following postions...

...who would you put in each position right now? Feel free to skip any you wish and add people that may or may not announce a run for the presidency. In other words, what would you ideally like to see the next government look like?

1. President
2. Vice President
3. Secretary of State
4. Secretary of the Treasury
5. Secretary of Defense
6. United States Attorney General
7. Secretary of the Interior
8. Secretary of Agriculture
9. Secretary of Commerce
10. Secretary of Labor
11. Secretary of Health and Human Services
12. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
13. Secretary of Transportation
14. Secretary of Energy
15. Secretary of Education
16. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
17. Secretary of Homeland Security

Here is a helpful list from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-presidential-candidates.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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If you could pick from the current Democratic candidates and put them in the following postions... (Original Post) Joe Nation Feb 2019 OP
President Kamala Harris Trenzalore Feb 2019 #1
Thank you! Very interesting. Joe Nation Feb 2019 #2
Here is my shortlist quickesst Feb 2019 #3
This is fun Nanjeanne Feb 2019 #4
I'd say IluvPitties Feb 2019 #5
This really helps me to see all the people that percolate to the top. Joe Nation Feb 2019 #6
 

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
1. President Kamala Harris
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:54 PM
Feb 2019

Vice President Sherrod Brown
Secretary of State Joe Biden
Secretary of Treasury Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense Jon Kerry (I know he isn't running)
United States Attorney General Amy Klobachar

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Joe Nation

(963 posts)
2. Thank you! Very interesting.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 11:02 PM
Feb 2019

n/t

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

quickesst

(6,283 posts)
3. Here is my shortlist
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:49 AM
Feb 2019

I know that all my choices are not presidential candidates, but being a presidential candidate does not necessarily qualify for certain positions.

President Joe Biden
Vice president Kamala Harris or Eric Swalwell
Secretary of State Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense John Kerry
US Attorney General Robert Mueller (Republican, but who does not trust or respect him?)
Secretary of Homeland Security Malcolm Nance

The other positions I left out will have to be determined later.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Nanjeanne

(5,003 posts)
4. This is fun
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:29 AM
Feb 2019

President - Bernie Sanders
Vice President - Stacey Abrams
Secretary of State - Joe Biden
Secretary of the Treasury - Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense - Wesley Clarke
United States Attorney General - Kamala Harris
Secretary of Labor - Andrew Yang
Secretary of Health and Human Services - Wendell Potter
Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Pete Buttigieg

I know some of these aren’t running. Rest TBD

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

IluvPitties

(3,181 posts)
5. I'd say
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:35 AM
Feb 2019

1. President- Amy K.
2. Vice President- C. Booker
3. Secretary of State- K. Harris
4. Secretary of the Treasury- S. Brown
5. Secretary of Defense- P. Buttieg (sp?)
6. United States Attorney General- K. Gillibrand

From there on, I don't know yet!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Joe Nation

(963 posts)
6. This really helps me to see all the people that percolate to the top.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:43 AM
Feb 2019

Not just one individual. People's stars tend to rise and fall all throughout the campaign.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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