The next Surgeon General of the United States

[SwampG8r]

Dr. Howard Dean

[LittleBlue]

1. Agreed

Though we'll have to run it by Barack first. :)

[Ian David]

2. No...

So what if he's not a "real" doctor.

[pnorman]

4. "So what if he's not a "real" doctor?"

"Howard Brush Dean III, (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont........"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dean

pnorman

[Ian David]

5. Yeah, I know... sure... Howard Dean... I can go for that.

But then again...



Come on...

Much cooler.

[HughMoran]

6. doh!

Everyone knows the difference between "Gregory House" and Howard Dean

[XemaSab]

8. Dean can be surly, outspoken, and prone to outbursts

:P

[HughMoran]

9. Silly me

You're correct of course.

Yeaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

[Political Tiger]

19. Not a real doctor?

You mean like this one:

;)

[MadBadger]

7. Its gonna be this guy

So what if hes jut a Soda

[HughMoran]

10. Got a spicy personality though

:P

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. But that's poser Dr. Pepper

You gotta at least have the genuine Dr. himself......



And unlike Chimpy, he actually comes from Texas.

[votetastic]

16. wow,, where can I find one of those?

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. It's only made in Dublin Texas unfortunately.

Though they do sell it on their website

http://www.dublindrpepper.com/

[Fridays Child]

3. If he wants it, he's earned it a thousand times over.

[JI7]

11. HHS would be better, but if he doesn't get that

SG would be ok.

[Eric J in MN]

13. I'd prefer to have him head the FDA.

Then he'd be regulating industry.

[AmericanUnity]

14. Give him whatever he wants. He's done a masterful job in gaining a majority and running the DNC

[cali]

15. No. Howard does not have the qualifications for SG

SG should be someone who's had a career in Public Health. That's not Howard's background. He would, however, make a very good Sec of HHS.

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. he might be good...but I suspect the Obama Administration would want to avoid the appearance

of an undeniably strong partisan in a position that originally was never meant to be a heavily politicized position.

Granted since Reagan appointed C. Edward Koop the position has frequently been very politicized. But it is just this sort of appearance of partisan politicization that I believe the Obama Administration would seek to avoid.

A Secretary of Education or Secretary of Health and Human Services or perhaps an ambassadorship would be a less controversial appointment for Dr. Dean.

[Undercurrent]

18. Since CNN went all hologramy during the election

how about a holographic doc?

The Doctor

[davidpdx]

20. Another good pick would be this guy

Dr. John Kitzhaber, former two term Governor of Oregon