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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat position should Romney get in Obama's cabinet?
Obama nominated Hillary for SOS when he won. Obama likes his "Team of Rivals" strategy. Should Obama nominate Romney for a cabinet position? Maybe Secretary of State? How about Treasury or Commerce?
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...he's a fucking EXPERT at that...
renegade000
(2,301 posts)romney can be the "secretary of bullshitting"
Renew Deal
(81,882 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Horse with no Name
(33,957 posts)Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)Absolutely fucking nothing!
I wouldn't even want him around to pick up Bo's poop.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Is there a Secretary of Janitorial Services?
EnviroBat
(5,290 posts)Although that may be beyond his skill level...
flamingdem
(39,332 posts)maxsolomon
(33,419 posts)is Mitt Romney at Treasury.
Romeny gets nothing except retirement with a billion dollars.
GiaGiovanni
(1,247 posts)Isn't Romney a Wall Street guy?
maxsolomon
(33,419 posts)he doesn't literally work at Goldman Sachs, like Geithner did.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)We do not want views such as Robme's anywhere near government. Isn't that obvious?
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Renew Deal
(81,882 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)He's knows all the ways to cheat...then we do just the opposite. We'd end up with a pretty good reform where the 1% and corp. pay their fair share. But don't bet on it!
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)His highbrow upbringing qualifies him for both. Not much else, though.
libertypirate
(2,677 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Here's a nice pair of earmuffs and a scarf, Mitt. We'll expect regular reports!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I'd say 'yeah let's make them a part of the team'
However
Romney is a sociopathic asshole who I wouldn't trust to run a kids lemonade stand. good riddance to that whole family
TheDonkey
(8,911 posts)gravity
(4,157 posts)His skills of bullshitting and evading questions will make him perfect for the job
You win!
arthritisR_US
(7,300 posts)BarackTheVote
(938 posts)Ya Basta
(391 posts)Isn't that what one of these republiCONS suggested for the poor kids to do in rich kid's schools?
gutierrez
(14 posts)bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)apples and oranges
(1,451 posts)He needs to rejoin his extended family in Mexico.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)Beowulf
(761 posts)buczak
(175 posts)Seriously.
I think a good role for him is to raise funds from the private sector and oversee the private sector response to Sandy.
- This could include getting companies (like home depot, lowe's, etc) to loosen credit.
- Support the Red Cross by raising funds from 1%ers, etc. I think Trump may have 5 million hanging around.
- Mobilize corporates to donate people and resources.
- Support Obama's initiative for a infrastructure bank for the NE and other regions
I don't think think Romney would accept such a position because there hasn't been a history of him doing any sort of purely charity work without some angle for him to make money or a deal for himself. I think the olympics for him was a chance for him to pad his resume.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Wedge him under the wobbly leg of that cabinet and there you go.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)flamingdem
(39,332 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)Clown Coordinator
dawg
(10,624 posts)before you can serve as Poopmaster General. I think it's in the Constitution. Anyway, it's constitutional.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)His experience as a vulture capitalist will come in handy.
WilmywoodNCparalegal
(2,654 posts)to find ways to improve hiring by companies that are sitting on piles of cash. I seriously do think that would be a great role for Romney.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)broiles
(1,370 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)dem4ward
(323 posts)Romney is a joke and would bring down the Obama administration. Besides Romney is already on his way to Kolob.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Secretary of State? Have you forgotten his trip to Europe in the early summer? Some diplomat he made!
Treasury secretary? Geithner is leaving. Why give that job to another Wall Street whore?
Commerce? Are you kidding? After the captains of industry tanked the economy under Bush the Frat Boy and acted the last four years like they are entitled to bailouts as a business model, a former CEO, especially one out of the financial sector, is the last person we should want directing business and trade policy. I don't know what they're teaching in Ivy League business schools these days, but the graduates from those august institutions clearly have no clue how to run a business.
How about secretary of labor? We could use his proven job creating abilities. On second thought, maybe the Chinese government should make him that country's labor minister.
OK, I know you're being facetious, Renew Deal, but I can play along.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Minister of Youth Fitness and Amateur Sport.
renie408
(9,854 posts)sibelian
(7,804 posts)He probably isn't sufficiently together even for that, if I'm honest.