Obama's Cabinet - Share Your Thoughts, Have Fun!

[Infinite Hope]

President: Obama
VP: Biden
Secretary of State: Susan Rice (how ironic, another Rice)
Secretary of Treasurer: Larry Summers
Secretary of Defense: Chuck Hagel
Attorney General: Skip Humphrey
Secretary of Interior: Lincoln Chafee
Secretary of Agriculture: Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of Commerce: Olympia Snowe (She's moderate and it'll open up her seat in the Senate)
Secretary of Labor: Richard Gephardt
Secretary of Health and Human Services: John Lewis
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Shirley Franklin
Secretary of Transportation: Jim Oberstar
Secretary of Energy: Robert Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of Education: George Miller
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Max Cleland
Secretary of Homeland Security: Wesley Clark
National Security Advisor: Fareed Zakaria
Chief Counter-Terrorism Advisor: Richard Clark

First Supreme Court nomination: Hillary Clinton

Some fresh faces and a very diverse cabinet.

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1. EPA Administrator: Al Gore

[machI]

16. Secretary of Interior: Al Gore

Vice President Gore deserves a full cabinet position

[LSparkle]

2. SOS: Bill Richardson or John Kerry (D. Patrick can appoint a Dem Sen)

I agree with Thom Hartmann this a.m.: I'd like to see
Robert Reich as Treasury Secretary. Agree with you about
Gephardt for Labor. DNI: Richard Clarke and Defense
Secy.: Wesley Clark

[CTyankee]

3. Wonderful picks, Hope! I like all of them. n/t

[BOSSHOG]

4. I think General Clark is the best choice for Secretary of State

[SCantiGOP]

5. wrong Clinton for Supreme Court

Leave Hillary in the Senate, I'd like to see her as majority leader. Send Bill to the Court. Too bad John Edwards had the zipper problem; he was my choice for Health and Human Services. I'd make Lieberman ambassador to Iran.

[Infinite Hope]

8. Lieberman for ambassador to Iran??? Lord, no. Maybe ambassador to Monico or something. n/t

[SCantiGOP]

10. kind of a joke

I'd like to see him there with no bodyguard.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

20. Bill was disbarred

he is not eligible.

[blue_onyx]

26. I don't think it will be Bill or Hillary

I think Obama will feel compelled to nominate a woman. In fact, I read a news article that listed the five most likely woman to get the nomination. I know gender shouldn't matter but the gender balance on the court I think will make it more likely to be a woman...especially if Ginsberg is the first to leave.

[Metric System]

6. No Clinton on the SC! I don't know where that came from, but they're not interested.

[FVZA_Colonel]

14. I'd much rather she take on the position of Senate Majority Leader.

Considering the current office holder might be better classified as an Invertebrate, we need someone like Senator Clinton in there.

[BlooInBloo]

19. If it means I never have to hear from them ever again, I'm ok with it.

[Metric System]

28. I am absolutely SHOCKED you would say that. SHOCKED. I suppose she's still not doing enough to

satisfy someone like you. Considering how much she has been out campaigning for Obama, as she promised, your comment is petty and divisive.

[BuyingThyme]

7. I'd like to deep-six the Homeland Security Department.

So why don't we give that to John McCain.

[Deep13]

12. I would too, actually.

The only reason it was created was to distract from the fact that the overall manager of the Federal Govt. was asleep at the switch. "We need to make sure all these intelligence agancies report to one guy!" Yeah, we had that, it was the president.

[Dr Fate]

9. Bill Clinton for UN rep. n/t

n/t

[Deep13]

11. Hmmm.

State: Bill Richardson (has demonstrated diplomatic skills)
A.G.: The Waxman
Defense: Clark
Homeland Sec.: Dick Clarke
Interior: Deb Callahan

These are a few ideas off the top of my head.

I'm afraid I don't know the judiciary outside of this state well enough for a SCOTUS idea. I would want HRC to be a Senate power-broker.

[Infinite Hope]

13. Wesley Clark cannot be Secretary of Defense.

He can't hold a civilian military post for 10 years after leaving the military.

[Deep13]

21. that sucks

[javadu]

22. How Can it Not be Ten Years?

Bush has been in for eight. How long before then did he leave the military?

[AnnieBW]

15. Gotta Get Juan Cole in there as well

SecState: Bill Richardson
SecLabor: Dennis Kucinich
SecDef: Wes Clark
Attorney General: Elliot Spitzer (yeah, yeah, I know...)
Chief Counter-Terrorism Advisor: Juan Cole
National Security Advisor: Susan Rice
SecTreas: Warren Buffet or Robert Reich
Chief Climate Change Advisor: Al Gore
Chief DHS: Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, or Richard Lugar

[RollWithIt]

17. This is really interesting.... Have to say, disagree on a couple....

Sec Def, I think he sticks with Gates for at least one year. Gates is one of the few good picks Bush has made, and he was forced into it.
Sec State, I'd go with Richarson myself.
I like the Gephardt pick for Sec of Labor.
He will not name a Republican to be Commerce Secretary.
Energy Secretary...... Someone REALLY close to Al Gore.
Love Cleland for Sec of Vet.
NSA.... he will bring in a moderate Republican for this role. I just have a feeling. Someone extremely moderate but with bonafides.
Richard Clark is great, but he himself has admitted that his role pre 911 was a failure. I think Obama will consult him though.

First Supreme Court Nomination will only be Hillary if Hillary wants to be a Supreme Court Justice. If she wants it, she gets it.

[BlooInBloo]

18. Press Secretary Maddow, please.

[blue_onyx]

27. That would be great, althought very unlikely

[vanderBeth]

23. No Clinton on SCOTUS!

I don't know where people are getting this from.

[faithfulcitizen]

24. Looks great! I always thought Wes Clark would make a great Security Advisor too.

[StevieM]

25. Secretary of Defense: Hillary Clinton (eom)