Prediction: Erskin Bowles will be new Secretary of Treasury..Beau Biden will be new Attorney General

[scheming daemons]

And John Kerry will be new Secretary of State, even though I disagree with opening up that Senate seat.

[ProSense]

1. Ugh!

Kerry, yes. Biden, yes.

Bowles? Ugh!

[scheming daemons]

3. It is my prediction.... no my preference

[ncrainbowgrrl]

9. Agreed 100%

<-- Is from NC, where Erskine is considered something of a joke by now...

[byeya]

2. Having Erskine Bowles as any department head is a bad thing. Which Boards of Directors

of Wall Street firms is he on? Wall Street was almost totally against Obama.

If Bowles is a Democrat, why would anyone want to be a Democrat?

[Carnage251]

4. Kerry at Secretary of State would open up a senate seat for Scott Brown to run for

It wouldn't be wise.

[KamaAina]

13. Indeed.

Some other excellent suggestions have included Susan Rice and Wesley Clark.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1754776

Bonus: Susan Rice would allow me to utter the phrase "Secretary of State Rice" without ing in my mouth.

[DearHeart]

5. Why don't they stop appointing WALL ST businessmen!!

We've had that in how many prior administrations and it just doesn't work! There has to be one person in this country with the qualifications to be the head of the Treasury and not be a WALL ST VULTURE!!!

[emulatorloo]

7. It is a prediction by a person on the internet, not a "fact"

Personally, I think the Kerry prediction will happen, but not Bowles or Biden.

[DearHeart]

11. I know it's a "Prediction"...

I know it's not a "fact". But I do seem to remember a man name Hank Paulson and another man named Timothy Geithner; both Wall Streeters. All I was trying to say was to we need some different blood in that cabinet seat...not Wall Street guys.

[jberryhill]

6. Beau Biden is not qualified

I'm a lifelong Delawarean who has always voted for anyone named Biden on any ballot (except the one primary vote for Obama).

Beau Biden is an okay guy, but does not have the experience or a record demonstrating qualification to be US AG.

I'm even a wee bit disappointed with particular areas in relation to organized crime in which Delaware seems to have fallen back on a lot of progress that was made some years ago against certain rackets here, namely fronts for human trafficking, which we had basically eliminated and which have begun to again spring up like weeds in the last couple of years. There are a couple of factors which contributed to this, but the DE AG's office has been completely asleep at the switch on those particular organized crime operations. Overall, the office has been competently managed, but I wouldn't call it stellar.

[Chipper Chat]

8. I'll probably get flack on this, but

Richard Lugar will be out of a job soon. It might be an outreach for Obama to use him in some position. He frequently crossed the aisle and supported Dem efforts (except when McConnell smacked him in the balls to keep him in line).

[Beowulf]

10. I think Hilary and Joe should swap jobs

Spitzer for AG

Treasury will be a tough call. How about Barney Frank?

[KamaAina]

14. Spitzer is an excellent call

Right in the repukes' faces!

[KamaAina]

12. Oh dear god, I didn't think anyone could be worse than Geithner (except a repuke, of course).

But Bowles, one-half of the Cat Food Commission, fits the bill.

[daa]

15. 80% say leave Medicare and Social Security alone

Why are we promoting a democratic CUTTER. He has no credibility, may as well kept Wall Street Geithner.