Who do you want in the Kerry Administration?

[WI_DEM]

I won't go thru a big list of all cabinet posts and who I want but I will name a few and invite you to do the same:

Secretary of State: Al Gore
United Nations Ambassador: Jesse Jackson
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dr. Howard Dean
National Security Advisor: Gen. Wes Clark
Attorney General: John Edwards

[GainesT1958]

1. Good list, but...

Who would you want him to pick for V.P.?

B-)

[WI_DEM]

2. Bill Richardson or Bob Graham

I think either would be strong--especially Richardson.

[democratreformed]

5. I like Richardson too.

Wonder why they don't mention him more?

[sundancekid]

19. in our NM papers he has been quoted as saying

that he would NOT accept the VP spot, "even at the point of a gun"

[democratreformed]

23. Oh, I hate to hear that.

I knew that the general consensus was that he probably would not do it, but what you wrote is so much stronger.

[WMliberal]

3. bill clinton as sec of state

and for the token repug... John McCain for Sec of Defense

[handywork]

6. haha

I want John McCain in too. Although all my friends get mad at me when i say that. I think it could bring the country together having a big name repug along with them....

[SharonAnn]

9. Except it makes it look like we know Dems are weak on Defense

And we're not!

It's just that we believe it's supposed to be defense, not offense.

[WMliberal]

10. it's a traditional courtesy done by almost every president.

clinton had cohen as his sec of defense. leon minetta was sec of transportation for bush (until minetta quit out of frustration for working with chimpy). I'm too young to remember who reagan and bush had as their toekn dems.

[Jai4WKC08]

26. It's a recent "tradition"

A gesture to the polarization that developed during the Clinton years, thanks to the Repubs. You'll notice that Clinton made his SecDef a Repub, but "uniter" Bush only picked Transportation--not exactly a critical position.

Clinton probably did it because he knew he had a problem with the military, being the first president not to have served. So he picked Bobby Ray Inman, a retired admiral. But the Repubs (Dole, specifically) used the media to undermine his nomination--maybe Inman, as a military guy, wasn't partisan enough. Then Clinton picked Bill Cohen, who sailed thru confirmation and did an ok job... UNTIL we went to war in Kosovo, a war the Repubs in Congress did not support. Cohen as SecDef was probably the biggest mistake of Clinton's eight years. Worse than Monica (well, maybe not that).

We're in a war now. The last thing we need in a war is a SecDef from the other party. You don't want every Presidential decision subverted to satisfy the agenda of the opposition. You want bi-partisanship, let it be some mox-nix position like Transportation. Not one of the two most important positions in the cabinet.

[Ironpost]

11. secretary of state

Bill Clinton is Loved throughout the world. He has credibility and honestly. Take that REPUKS...

[WMliberal]

4. EXCELLENT choice for UN ambassador btw. n/t

[WMliberal]

7. Carl Pope for EPA administrator. n/t

[beyurslf]

8. McCain Sec of Def.

Clark for VP.

Clinton (Bill) for Sec of State.

[Thrill]

12. Eliot Spitzer will be Attorney General

count on it. This guy goes after all the big corps. He's the big oil companies and healthcare companies worst nightmare

[Thrill]

13. I bet Baker is in Kerry's admin

sec of state.

[blm]

16. Horse manure. Kerry threw that bone of a mideast peace envoy

along with Clinton and Carter.

It's Clinton he wants to handle the Mideast. He threw out Baker's name to make the point that Bush2 wasn't handling the mideast policy as well as Bush1.

Geez...turnip trucks abound.

[WMliberal]

deleted. n/t

[blm]

14. RFK Jr. for EPA.

That will make the polluting corporations squirm BIGTIME.

[sundancekid]

that's a really good one

[WLKjr]

15. Dean for Surgeon General

I think dean would make a good surgeon general. He needs to be up there as a figurehead of sorts.

[sundancekid]

17. here are some of mine (total = 15 Plus the VP)

VP: Gen. Wes Clark
and in alpha order, the 15 cabinet posts are:

1. Agriculture: Tom Vilsak
2. Commerce: Vernon Jordan
3. Defense: Sam Nunn
4. Education: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
5. Energy: Al Gore
6. Health/Human Services: Ted Kennedy
7. Homeland Security: Richard Clarke
8. Housing/Urban Development: Henry Cisneros
9. Interior: Jamie Rubin
10.Labor: Dick Gephardt
11.State: Richard Holbrooke
12.Transportation: John Edwards
13.Treasury: Robert Rubin
14.Veterans Affairs: Max Cleland
15.Attorney General: Elliot Spitzer (from NY)

Surgeon General: Dr. Howard Dean

[Burma Jones]

18. Here ya are

State - Wes Clark
Defense - John McCain
NSA - Sam Nunn
Attorney General - Hillary Clinton
Treasury - Bob Rubin
EPA - Robert Kennedy Jr. (if he would do it)
Education - Parris Glendening
Energy - Some vicious environmentalist
HUD - Carol Mosely Braun (and then give he some money and thus, actual power)


Al Gore is kaput, he has shown poor judgement too many times now.


VP - ?

I would like to see Howard Dean and John Edwards in the Senate
I think DK is also best as an elected Representative, Senator if he can swing it

[Saltdog]

20. RFK for EPA! Totally agree!!!

Dean is good for HHS or surgeon general. Edwards for attorney general. Clark for Defense.

Token Repub for the cabinet? Why should he?

What about Kucinich? Why not follow his lead and make a Dept of Peace with him as its first secretary?

[Thrill]

21. Clark can't be sec of defense

[Thrill]

22. Ralph Nader EPA

lol

[WLKjr]

24. for some reason

I don't think having that position would make that man happy
lol

[damnraddem]

25. I'd change it a little:

VP: John Edwards
Secretary of Defense: Wes Clark
Secretary of State: Bill Clinton
Attorney General: Hillary Clinton
Office of Homeland Defense: Weird Al Yankovich

[TexasSissy]

27. Sec. of Defense - Wes Clark

Or even National Security Advisor. It would be a shame not to use Clark's genius and ability to get a job done, and done well.

But I have no thoughts on the other cabinet positions.