CNN's list of potential names in Obama Cabinet

[underpants]

STATE
John Kerry
Susan Rice
Bill Richardson
Dick Lugar
Sam Nunn

TREASURY
Jamie Dimon
Timothy Geithner
Robert Rubin
Lawrence Summers
Paul Volker

DEFENSE
Gates
Hagel
Jack Reed

NATIONAL SECURITY
James Steinberg
Gregory Craig
Anthony Zinni
Susan Rice

ENERGY
Sen. Bingaman
Brian Schweitzer

HOMELAND
Tim Roener (9/11 Commission)
Jan Harman
Susan Collins
Richard Clarke


UN
Susan Rice
Caroline Kennedy
Lee Hamilton

ATTY. GENERAL
Rep. Artur Davis
Eric Holder Jr.
Jamie Gorelick (RW heads explode)
Tim Kaine
Deval Patrick
Janet Napolitano


http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/explainer.cabinet.possibles/index.html

[Olney Blue]

1. I'd like to see Caroline Kennedy at the UN, and Al Gore at Energy.

[Richardo]

2. I really like seeing Zinni's name up there...

:patriot:

Didn't Rubin already decline a Treasury post?

[underpants]

3. Not sure. I liked seeing Clarke's name

Susan Rice appears to a lock for something in the administration

[Richardo]

4. She'd be good anywhere, but wasted at the UN I think - better as NSA

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. Hopefully not Jack Reed

If he were to leave the Senate, the Republican Governor of Rhode Island would get to appoint a replacement.

[Richardo]

6. Yeah, I'm not crazy about strip-mining the Senate either...

...even if replaced by Dem governors, a lot of institutional memory (and seniority) would be squandered.

[Versailles]

7. Am I missing something?

I would have thought Dean would be somewhere on this list. I'd love to see Dean get "rewarded" for all his hard work and tireless efforts to revitalize the strength of the democratic party. I only put rewarded in quotes because I don't really see it as a political favor but a natural progression. He is a brilliant man and well deserving of a cabinet position, imho.

[underpants]

8. Dean may want some time off

:shrug:

[Richardo]

9. They said on NPR this morning that he was dusting off his resume for H&HS

...but won't say it out loud :shrug:

[underpants]

10. That would be a good fit too

:thumbsup:

[Alter Ego]

11. We absolutely need a Democrat in the Defense dept.

It would show we don't need the Republicans to babysit us on national security.

[Phoonzang]

13. I dont' know....I think Hagel would be good in the position.

He was right on the most important national security issue of the past few years.

[Alter Ego]

14. He's still a Republican.

I'd be fine with Hagel as a Deputy or Assistant Secretary, but we need a Democrat to run the Defense Department. The Republicans CANNOT have a monopoly on this shit anymore. I'm sick of just being the mommy party while the Republicans play the daddy.

[Lasher]

12. What happened to Warren Buffet at Treasury?

Did the Oracle of Omaha decide he wasn't interested?

[SoxFan]

15. Andy Rotherham, Samantha Power

Education


Andy Rotherham: Founder and director of the Education Sector think tank, member of the Virginia Board of Education, Clinton WH aide.

UN


Samantha Power: She's smart, gutsy, and articulate, and has done tremendous work keeping the issue of genocide in the public conscience. This would be the perfect place for her to continue her work.

And though it's been said, Howard Dean would be great at HHS.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. No Senators as Cabinet members!

I'm getting tired of the media suggesting the removal of Democratic Senators to go into the Executive branch, which would then put a "Junior" Senator in their place with little or no influence. I also don't like pulling Democratic governors out either. Those Democratic governors are needed to be there (if their terms allow it) for the 2010 census and redistricting process.

I do agree with having Susan Rice as Secretary of State. Period. Her background is phenomenal and she is more than qualified.

[Unsane]

17. Eric Holder is human trash.