Just a fun one: Let's put together our 2009 Fantasy Cabinet.

[knitter4democracy]

I'll start.

Ambassador to the UN: Big Dog

AG: John Edwards (I know he'd make a good president, but the idea of him as AG just makes me smile--he'd go after all sorts of stuff and clean house, and it would be a beautiful thing. :D )

SecDef: John Murtha

(Not Cabinet, I know) Senate Majority Leader: Obama (I think he does best there--feel free to diagree with me.)

DOE: Kucinich

I can't decide on the rest. Ideas?

[bryant69]

1. I take it you think Hillary's going to take it?

Why Kucinich at the Department of Energy? Or what is the rationale there?

But Al Gore as Secretary of the Interior or head of the EPA might be good.

George Soros or Bill Gates (yeah I know Window's sucks) at Secretary of Commerce.

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[knitter4democracy]

4. I'm hoping Gore.

That would leave Mrs. Clinton in the Senate to help get things going there.

I think Kucinich would do the work that it takes at Energy to help us get going with a Manhattan Project-like initiative to get our country off of oil and onto other resources.

[NewJeffCT]

10. A little early to be starting this threads, but here goes

I will not pick the following, since they are the frontrunners: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards and Al Gore.

Sec. of State: Bill Richardson
Attorney General: Deval Patrick
NSA Head: Wes Clark
Sec. of Treasury: Bob Rubin
Sec. of Defense: _____

First Supreme Court nominee???

[MiniMe]

2. I think for SecDef I'd choose Wesley Clark

He is up on more current technologies.I would also be tempted to put Gore in DOE, if he would accept. Secretary of State - I would be tempted to appoint Biden.

[Clark2008]

6. Well, you can't.

Federal statute forbids it. To serve as Secretary of Defense, one must be a civilian - out of duty for at least 10 years. Clark retired in 2000. He's not eligible until 2010.

We'll just make him president and go from there. :)

[sabbat hunter]

30. i would

make wes clark sec of state and powell sec of defense. he has a lot of respect among hte military and abroad still.

[Skidmore]

40. Powell should never be allowed tol hold a position of power again.

[DesertRat]

3. Sec. of State: Bill Richardson n/t

[knitter4democracy]

5. I like that. It makes sense.

He'd also be good at Homeland Security, I'd think, with his experience as a border governor.

[NewJeffCT]

12. That was my choice as well

he's done a better job of it than Condi Rice - and he's only the governor of New Mexico.

[DesertRat]

13. He's also a former UN Ambassador and Sec. of Energy. n/t

[ThomWV]

17. I Want Richardson In The VP Slot

[DesertRat]

32. That would work. n/t

[hippiechick]

7. Howard Dean - HSS Head; Russ Feingold - Atty General ( or VP)

:applause:

[Squatch]

8. Interior Secretary: Edward Abbey

After resurrecting him from the grave, of course.

[Squatch]

9. Secretary of Defense: The Dalai Lama

[LiberalEsto]

11. Eliot Spitzer for AG

John Edwards for Secretary of Labor

Dr. Howard Dean for Secretary of Health & Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for EPA director

[knitter4democracy]

24. Spitzer would be veeeerrry good there.

Hmm. That frees up Edwards in my list to be VP or Pres. Very nice. :)

[RedStateShame]

14. FBI Director: Richard Clarke

The guy got unfairly drummed out of his job for doing it correctly. This would be poetic justice.

[knitter4democracy]

25. Or even CIA.

That would piss Langley off, but it would be great to have him there. :D

[MasonJar]

15. I would like to see Robert Kennedy, Jr. as the Sec of the Interior

and Wesley Clark as the Sec of State. We need some women in there so I see another woman as Attorney General. My first thought is Elizabeth Edwards if she is healthy enough. Murtha would be excellent as Sec of Defense or in charge of the VA. Bill Clinton at the UN sounds just right or Ambassador to the World at large. Definitely Bill Richardson. Gore does not want any Cabinet position; I saw him say so in an interview. I am not including Hill or Obama or Al, because one of them will probably be president and I do not know which. The other two need to help by leading the Senate or the war on global warming and etc. However, I do see Obama as a VP for Hill or Gore or perhaps Wesley.

[NewJeffCT]

18. good pick

I would support him whole-heartedly

[ThomWV]

16. Wesley Clark at State

World experience at his fingertips.

[NewJeffCT]

19. Bill Clinton had a cabinet that looked like America...

and he was able to find very good women & minorities for his cabinet: Janet Reno, Madeline Albright, Bill Richardson, Ron Brown, Donna Shalala, etc.

George W. Bush has shown a remarkable ability to find incompetent & corrupt people of every race as well - Condi Rice, Alberto Gonzalez, Harriet Miers, etc.

When we did this in 2004, most DUers still ended up picking white males for their various cabinet posts - Wes Clark, Holbrooke, Spitzer, etc.

So, who are some top women & minorities that we can pick for key posts, including Supreme Court justice.

[knitter4democracy]

26. I was thinking of a woman for Surgeon General.

She'd have to be a member of Physicians for a National Health Care Plan, though. :) I can think of one, but I don't think she'd take the job. *sigh*

I like Conyers where he is, so that doesn't work. We had a great guy run for Michigan Atty General last time who didn't get it--I wonder if we could get him to take over some things. Heck, they should just hire him period and get him to clean things up.

What about press secretary? It would be nice to have a strong woman in that job (I hate to say it, but someone like CJ from West Wing).

[NewJeffCT]

28. Didn't Clinton have

Dee Dee Myers?

Or, was she in another role?

[knitter4democracy]

33. That sounds right.

I'm sleepy, so my brain is a bit fuzzy. That sounds right, though, doesn't it?

[Blackhatjack]

20. Here are a couple of fantasy picks ....

IMHO we need to keep some Democrats exactly where they are right now --considering the excellent job they are doing. WE need top people in the Senate and the House to shepherd through important legislation that our Democratic President can sign.

People like Feingold, Kucinich, Kerry, Waxman, etc. all would be powerful forces right where they are. The positions they hold in the Senate and House might be shuffled and elevated, but we need our best to help change the direction of this country with legislation and funding by Congress.

I would put people in the diplomatic positions that the rest of the world already knows and respects.

I would send Bill Clinton to the United Nations, whether he has an official position or not. He is well-known by by other countries and could get things done there that would have a huge positive affect on our foreign policy needs. If Bill Clinton turned down the official position, Gov. Bill Richardson should get that position.

In tandem, I would name Wesley Clark, former Supreme Commander of NATO forces, as Secretary of State. I think he could speak with authority to negotiate with countries who are our allies, and with countries who oppose us.

Obviously Edwards, Clinton and Obama cannot all be President. The 'non-winners' in that group should hold important positions in any Democratic Administration, but since we do not know the winner I will not place them in any position here.

I like the idea of Eliot Spitzer as Attorney General. He would help restore the DOJ by rooting out corruption inside and outside government.

Those are just a few to start.

[Blackhatjack]

21. I would name Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head up the EPA ...

Give him a budget three times the current budget and staff and turn him loose to restore the EPA and overturn all the horrible regulations that have been imposed during the Bush years.

Could be one of the most important positions in the new Administration given the decline in clean water, clean air, and the obviously big job of reestablishing regulation of Big Business.

[Blackhatjack]

22. Sec of Defense, NSA, CIA, FBI Directors, GSA and IRS are all important...

THere is so much to do we will need excellent choices at each of these positions, and many others.

[antigop]

23. Secretary of Labor -- Bernie Sanders n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

27. Reverend Al Sharpton for Press Secretary

Seriously, plus you can't discount the entertainment. Hell, press briefings could become prime-time material.

[sabbat hunter]

29. does that mean

you think Hillary would be the president? if she isnt president i can definately see her being majority leader of the senate.

AG elliot spitzer.
Sec of state Wes Clark
Sec of treasury: jon corizine or robert rubin
sec of defense colin powell
ambassador to UN: Bill Clinton
sec of energy: kucinich
health and human services: howard dean

[knitter4democracy]

34. I answered that up-thread.

I'm for Gore, personally, and hope he finally starts running. I think Hilary would be best to keep in the Senate to keep things going there.

[momophile]

31. Department of Peace - Kucinich nt

[knitter4democracy]

35. I thought about that.

I was thinking it would be best to get him into the administration early, and a Dept. of Peace would take awhile to get through Congress.

[SeattleGirl]

36. That's exactly what I was thinking, momophile.

I would love to have a Department of Peace, and I think Kucinich would be perfect as the head of it.

[ComerPerro]

37. OK. Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Longoria

oh, wait, musunderstood your meaning of "fantasy"

[Jed Dilligan]

38. If Gore is not the president,

I give him Energy.

[jmowreader]

39. My choices

Secretary of Defense: You guys are all pushin' for generals; I'm goin' with my buddy Raymond J. McKnight. McKnight was a sergeant major. This is the thing: McKnight has the bandwidth to understand the right thing to do nearly all the time, and he's enough of a prick to force you into his point of view if you can't see shit his way.

Secretary of the Interior: If we can't convince Brian Schweitzer to run for president, Secretary of the Interior would be perfect for him.

Secretary of State: The Big Dog.

National Security Advisor: LTG (Ret) Paul Menoher. You can read about both General Menoher and Sergeant Major McKnight at http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/army/tradoc/usaic/mipb/1998-2/HOFbios.htm.

Attorney General: Eliot Spitzer.

Special Attorney General for Locking Up the BFEE: John Edwards.

Secretary of Environmental Protection: Al Gore.

Secretary of Energy: Dennis Kucinich.