Possible Cabinets in the next Dem. Admin.

[liberalpragmatist]

So what do you all think the next cabinet should look like?

I have some ideas, though these are just my own personal preferences. I list multiple persons in some cabinet posts -- basically listing out a number of people I think are qualified for the position. Also, I don't go and name all the cabinet posts -- I don't know enough in many of these areas, so I try only to name the big ones.

Here goes my list:

Pres: John Kerry
VPres: Wesley Clark

State: Richard Holbrooke, Andrew Young, Gary Hart, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Bill Richardson*, Wesley Clark (if not VP), Fareed Zakaria
Defense: Eric Shinseki
Attorney General: John Edwards (presumptive '12 nominee; Clark to serve as Secretary of State in Edwards' cabinet)
Homeland Security: Warren Rudman, Gary Hart, Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy
Treasury: Frank Raines
HHS: Howard Dean
HUD: Wellington Webb
Environmental Protection: Al Gore (upgraded from EPA to cabinet-level Department of Environmental Protection)

Additionally, I think Claudia Kennedy would be excellent on the Joint Chiefs or as national security advisor.

Obviously, this is very thin on women. Please post your thoughts on the above names and suggest some women possibilities, especially for the top few spots.

[JohnKleeb]

1. for labor

Kucinich or AFL-CIO head Sweeney, the republicans would hate the latter a lot, hey if they can put CEOs in this we can put union leaders, and JFK did that, Arthur Goldburg was the legal counsel of the AFL-CIO/

[disgruntella]

2. related question

I don't have any suggestions - I don't know enough of the players yet. My question is, do candidates ever make their cabinet choices public before they are elected? I would assume candidates wouldn't bother until after the primaries. Thanks

[liberalpragmatist]

3. Generally, no

Although it's been suggested by some Democrats for next years election -- at least for the national-security/diplomatic team: state, defense, homeland security plus the national security advisor, etc.

Others have suggested naming all the top ones, including the attorney general and the treasury secr.

[disgruntella]

4. thanks

I can see how naming some key positions would be a good strategy, but I didn't think candidates usually did that.

[election_2004]

5. here's what I think would be an awesome cabinet....

Secretary of State – Wesley Clark
Secretary of Treasury – Maxine Waters
Secretary of Defense – Bob Graham (or Kerry in a Dean Admin.)
Attorney General – John Conyers
Secretary of the Interior – Al Gore or Victor Atiyeh
Secretary of Agriculture – Eva Clayton
Secretary of Commerce – Bobby Rush or John Dingell
Secretary of Labor – Dennis Kucinich or Luis Gutierrez
Secretary of Health & Human Services – Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development – Ben Cayetano
Secretary of Transportation – Connie Morella
Secretary of Energy – John Kitzhaber
Secretary of Education – Howard Dean (or Jim Jeffords in a Dean Admin.)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs – Max Cleland

[genius]

6. Attorney General: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Secretart of State: Jimmie Carter or Jessie Jackson

[UrbScotty]

7. The Dean/Clark Administration

State: Bob Graham
Defense: Claudia Kennedy
AG: Dennis Kucinich
Homeland Security: Joe Lieberman
Interior: Ralph Nader
Agriculture: Tom Harkin
Labor: Dick Gephardt
HHS: John Edwards
HUD: Al Sharpton
Transportation: John McCain
Energy: Al Gore
Education: Carol Moseley Braun
Veterans Affairs: Max Cleland

[VoteClark]

8. Perfect Cabinet

President: Clark
Vice-President and President of the Senate: Bob Graham or Richardson
Secretary of State: Bill Richardson or John Kerry
Secretary of Defense: John McCain or John Kerry
Secretary of Tresury: Andrew Cuomo
US Attorney General: Mosley Braun or John Edwards
Sectrtary of Interior:Bruce Babbit
Sectretary of Agriculter: Tom Harkin
Secretary of Transportation: Ralph Nader or Dennis Kucinch
Secretary of Education: Gary Locke
Secretary of Commerce: Howard Dean
Secretary of Veteran Affairs: Celand or John Kerry or John McCain
Secretary of Homeland Security: NOBODY/shut it down
*Secretary of Environmential Protection: Dennis Kucinch or Ralph Nader
Majority Leader of the Senate: Hillary Clinton

*formerly know as the EPA

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J4Clark