Oh man ..... talk about being conflicted .......

[Stinky The Clown]

Today's Obama Cabinet Rumor® is about Veteran's Affairs Secretary.

Three names:

Max Cleland - you probably all know who he is.



Tammy Duckworth - you probably all know who she is.



Anthony Brown - Maryland's current Lt. Governor. An Army Reserve Colonel. Former MD state House Whip. Harvard Law. Iraq vet (overseeing humanitarian efforts - not a combat guy), his tour was the highest ranking elected official to ever have served there.



Anyway, I'm really conflicted on this one!

I have great respect for Duckworth.

Brown is a great guy and would do a terrific job (but I do not want to lose him as our future governor).

But Max ...... I love the guy.

I'm glad I don't have to make this decision ..................




(edit to add the pictures)

[Thrill]

1. Anthony Brown sounds very impressive. I would pick him

Let Max be Secretary of the Army

[annabanana]

2. Talk about an embarrassment of riches!. . . . . .n/t

[Thrill]

3. From a WP article today

Brown's name has surfaced in several news reports as a possible secretary of veterans affairs, including an account Friday in the Air Force Times. That publication said Brown's name was "hotly circulating" among advisers to President-elect Barack Obama.

"Given his talents, his military service, and his abilities, it is natural that people would speculate about the possibility of the Lieutenant Governor being Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Obama Administration," O'Malley said in a statement issued yesterday morning.

Brown,47, is a colonel in the Army Reserves and an Iraq war veteran. He was a classmate of Barack Obama at Harvard Law School but was an early supporter of the presidential bid of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).

Brown is already playing a role in Obama's transition as co-chair of a group reviewing the Department of Veterans Affairs.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2008/11/browns_name_hotly_circulating.html?hpid=topnews

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Yup ..... the noozradio reports of that story is what inspired this thread.

Brown is a a very impressive guy.

[elleng]

5. Tammy for

Senate!

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Gotta go with Cleland

For all the known reasons.
and just to make Chambliss' head pop.