Kerry May Court Lawmakers to Join Cabinet

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Link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=ap/kerry_cabinet

" Governors, campaign advisers and former presidential foes could end up in top Cabinet posts in a John Kerry (news - web sites) administration, perhaps joined by a retired general and even a Republican or two"

SNIPHere are some possible contenders for a Kerry Cabinet:


_STATE. Possible candidates include Kerry foreign policy advisers such as former U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee. Others mentioned are former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell of Maine, a Democrat who worked to broker peace in Northern Ireland, and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., who served as vice chairman of the Sept. 11 Commission.
DEFENSE. Options include two retired generals supporting Kerry — Wesley Clark (news - web sites) and Merrill McPeak — along with Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich.; former Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo.; former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., and Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton (news, bio, voting record), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee."

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"HOMELAND SECURITY. Hart, Rudman and Hamilton could also be considered for this post, along with retiring Sen. Bob Graham (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., and former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, the Republican chairman of the Sept. 11 commission."

[JohnKleeb]

1. George Mitchell!

Great thinkin John, really I like and admire this guy for his role in the Good Friday Agreement. Good people, he's talking about here.

[Not Me]

3. He's got his hand full with his oversight position with Disney

especially since Eisner has announced his plans to depart in the next 18-24 months.

[JohnKleeb]

4. damnit

[dogtag]

2. Big fat 'no' on Lee Hamilton! (n/t)

[JohnKleeb]

5. tell more please

[dogtag]

6. Lee Hamilton and Iran Contra

http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/hamiltoniran-contra.htm

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"One of the key congressional Republicans fighting this rear-guard action was Rep. Dick Cheney of Wyoming, who became the ranking House Republican on the Iran-contra investigation. Cheney already enjoyed a favorable reputation in Washington as a steady conservative hand. Cheney smartly exploited his relationship with Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., who was chairman of the Iran-contra panel. Hamilton cared deeply about his reputation for bipartisanship and the Republicans quickly exploited this fact. A senior committee source said one of Cheney’s top priorities was to block Democrats from deposing Vice President Bush about his Iran-contra knowledge. Cheney 'kept trying to intimidate Hamilton,' the source said. 'He kept saying if we go down that road, we won’t have bipartisanship.' So, Hamilton gave Bush a pass. The limited investigation also gave little attention to other sensitive areas, such as contra-drug trafficking and the public diplomacy operation. They were pared down or tossed out altogether. Despite surrendering to Cheney’s demands time and again, Hamilton failed, in the end, to get a single House Republican to sign the final report. Only three moderate Republicans on the Senate side – Warren Rudman, William Cohen and Paul Trible – agreed to sign the report, after extracting more concessions. Cheney and the other Republicans submitted a minority report that denied that any significant wrongdoing had occurred."

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[Cha]

7. I see a lot of repukes as possibilities...

Aren't there enough Bright Dems to fill these posts?