WashTimes: Max Cleland being considered for secretary of Veterans Affairs or secretary of the Army

[sabra]

I know WashTimes so:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/18/obama-eyes-cleland-top-post/

EXCLUSIVE: Obama eyes Cleland for top post

President-elect Barack Obama is considering former Sen. Max Cleland for a top position of either Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Secretary of the Army.

A source familiar with transition planning said Mr. Cleland, a Vietnam veteran and triple amputee, is under consideration for those positions in an Obama administration and liberal grassroots support is building for his selection.

The president-elect's transition team declined to comment, and the normally talkative Mr. Cleland would not respond to even a basic question from a reporter.

Mr. Cleland is a hero among many on the left for his Democratic activism since losing his U.S. Senate seat in 2002.

The one-term Georgia Democrat was defeated by Republican Saxby Chambliss, who ran an ad reviled by liberals because it used images of Mr. Cleland, Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden while claiming the Democrat was weak on homeland security issues.

[bdamomma]

1. good choice.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Secretary of the Army might be a bit much for someone who hasn't

been intimately involved in active-duty military affairs for a while, but VA might be a good spot for him.

[VeraAgnes]

3. Perfect indeed!

YES!

[Submariner]

4. Excellent choice and a hard worker too

Veterans can be proud of their leadership again.

[WI_DEM]

5. He served as head of Veteran Affairs during Carter Administration

he would be a good choice for either post.

[happychatter]

6. We need a younger person.... this is a cabinet post and the VA needs an Obama at the helm

we need a tough MF

Cleland is smart and loyal - would do a fine job under other times

right now though... we need a faster horse

[Bake]

7. Veterans Affairs!! He's perfect for it.

Make it so.

Bake

[Cha]

8. We'll see..I'd like to hear more

from Cleland after the way he got treated in Georgia by the goperverts.


How about sending a big FU to saxby chambliss by donating to Jim Martin's runnoff campaign in Georgia?:)

http://www.martinforsenate.com/

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. I love this man! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE him!!!!!

[Dr Fate]

10. Great choice- but I was told his health was failing- and that was in 2002.

If Max is up for it, I would love to see this...