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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!
A reminder that the cabinet positions are: Secretary of State; Treasury; Defense; Attorney General; Interior; Agriculture; Commerce; Labor; Health and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Transportation; Energy; Education; Veterans Affairs; Homeland Security. Roles such as Fed Chairman and Director of National Intelligence are also considered cabinet-level. (More info here.) NOTE: Try to keep the format simple, like this:Treasury: Name
Labor: Name
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Just a few: (somewhat tongue in cheek)
Treasury: Mayor Bloomberg
Defense: Colin Powell
Energy: T. Boone Pickens
Homeland Security: delete position
HUD: Jimmy Carter
State: Henry Kissinger
Veterans Affairs: John McCain
State: Samantha Power
Defense: Colin Powell
Energy: T.Boone Pickens
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Environmental protection (new): Al Gore
State: Senator Clinton
Defense: Colin Powell
Energy: Al Gore
Secretary of State-Bill Clinton
Secretary of Defense- Colin Powell
Attorney General- Hillary Clinton
Education- Linda Darling-Hammond
Environment- Al Gore
Agriculture- Michael Pollan or Alice Waters
HUD- Jimmy Carter
Treasury-Michael Bloomberg
Veteran Affairs- Tammy Duckworth
treasury: george soros or robert reich
defense: wesley clark
secretary of state: bill richardson
attorney general: andrew cuomo
tech officer (new position): eric schmidt
energy: al gore
agriculture: michael pollan
The wondrous Dr. Howard Dean: Health and Human Services or Surgeon-General (which he could use as a real bully pulpit) or perhaps head of the new health care initiative.
Dennis Kucinich: Department of Peace (Yes, we really need one!)
Sheila Bair: Treasury (She has been great at FDIC)
Al Gore: Department of Energy (Of course!)
RFK Jr: EPA (He would finally excise the major polluters from our country!)
Michael Pollan: Agriculture (How absolutely brilliant that would be!)
Secretary of State: John Kerry
Treasury: Warren Buffet
Defense: Jack Reed
Attorney General: Hillary Clinton
EPA: Robert Kennedy Jr
Labor: Harry Shaitburger
Health and Human Services: Andrew Cuomo
Housing and Urban Development:
Energy: T. Boone Pickens
Education: Joel Klein
Veterans Affairs: Congressman Mhurta
Homeland Security: Ray Kelly
Fed Chairman: keep Benanke
State: Samantha Power
Defense: Colin Powell
Energy: Al Gore [make high level]
Treasury: Tim Geithner
Justice: Janet Napolitano
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Education: Randi Weingarten
Commerce: Mark Warner
HUD: Corey Booker
Interior: Larry Rockefeller
EPA: Robert Kennedy Jr.
Veterans Affairs: Max Cleland
Ambassador to the UN: Caroline Kennedy
Surgeon General: Howard Dean
Treasury: Warren Buffet
Defense: Colin Powell
Energy: David Jhirad
Technology: Eric Schmidt
State: Bill Richardson
Veteran's Affairs: John McCain
Health & Human Services: Howard Dean
I would love a Dept of Volunteerism that would coordinate both domestic and international needs.
Also,
EPA or Dept of Energy- Al Gore
Treasury- Warren Buffet
EPA: Peter Lehner (ED of NRDC)
Transportation - Janette Sadik-Khan
Education: Marian Wright Edelman!!!
Attorney General: Cass Sunstein
Interior: Al Gore
Housing and Urban Development: Valerie Jarrett
Homeland Security: Terminate this faux department and the faux cabinet position. It is a bloated mess and should be broken up among State, Defense, National Intelligence, and Interior. Also, the name has terrible echoes of Fascism.
Veterans Affairs: John Kerry (founder of Vietnam Veterans of America, the organization that got Agent Orange investigated; a fact the swiftboaters managed to erase)
How about adding a Secretary of Culture, in recognition of the idea that, rather than merely accessorizing American Life, Culture changes and produces it. A great candidate to recruit: Joan Rosenbaum, currently Director of the Jewish Museum in NYC.
How about adding a Secretary of Culture, in recognition of the idea that, rather than merely accessorizing American Life, Culture changes and produces it (e.g., "the pen is mightier than the sword.") A great candidate to recruit: Joan Rosenbaum, currently Director of the Jewish Museum in NYC.
Treasury: Sheila Bair
Education: Colin Powell
State: Susan Rice or Hillary Clinton
Attorney General: Andrew Cuomo
HUD: Robert Kuttner
EPA: Peter Lehner, current Executive Director of the NRDC
Commerce: Sen Snowe (R-Maine)
EPA: Peter Lehner (Director of NRDC)
Energy: Angus King (former Independent Maine Gov.)
Treasury: Warren Buffet
Federal Reserve: Paul Volcker
Education: Colin Powell
Defense: Chuck Hagel
State: Hilary Clinton
HUD: Corey Booker
AG: Andrew Cuomo
Energy: Richardson
Agriculture: Jimmy Carter
Veterans Affairs: Wesley Clark
Commerce: George Soros
EPA: Christien Todd Whitman
Health and Human Service: Howard Dean
Homeland Security: John Kerry
EPA: Peter Lehner, current executive director of the NRDC
SOS- Richard Clarke
SOD- Wesley Clark
EPA- Robert Kennedy Jr
Treasury- Warren Buffet
NSA- Susan Rice
Energy- Al Gore
Secretary of State; Bill Richardson
Treasury; George Soros
Defense; David Petraeus
Attorney General; Andrew Cuomo
Health and Human Services; Dr. Drew (i'm serious)
Energy; Al Gore
Homeland Security: Chuck Norris (ok, this one is just for fun)
Energy: Al Gore
Treasury: Warren Buffet
State: Hillary clinton
Defense: colin powell
Treasury: Barbara ehrenreich
Federal Reserve: Barbara ehrenreich
Education: Jonthan Schaefer and Olivier Conan
Defense: Russ Feingold or Dennis Kuccinch
State: Mario Cuomo
HUD: Corey Booker
Energy: Richardson
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Veterans Affairs: Wesley Clark
Commerce: George Soros
EPA: Carl Pope
Health and Human Service: Gary Null
Homeland Security: Al Gore
Secretary of State: Bill Richardson
Treasury: Warren Buffet
Defense: Colin Powell
State: Bill Richardson
Labor: Dick Gephardt
Environment: Al Gore
Defense: Wesley Clark
Treasury: Bloomburg
AG: - really wished it could have been Spitzer or Edwards before they had affairs
Elliot Spitzer for AG or other top Justice job. His public policies are impeccable; the need for his straightforward enforcement policies have never been stronger. His private life has nothing to do what he is being asked to do for the country.
Paul Krugman HAS TO BE Treasury Secretary or at least a Senior Economic Advisor.
Al Gore for Environment
Hillary Clinton for Health Care Initiative
Caroline Kennedy for Public Education
Coleen Powel for Defense
State--Bill Richardson
Treasury--Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Defense--Richard Danzig
Justice--Eric Holder
Interior--RFK, Jr.
Agriculture--Tom Vilsack
Commerce--Dan Tarullo
Labor--David Bonior
HHS--David Blumenthal
Energy--Brian Schweitzer
Education--Joel Klein
Homeland Security--Richard Clarke
NSC--Susan Rice
Treasury: Paul Volcker/Joseph Stiglitz (anybody but Summers or Rubin. See why: http://www.propublica.org/feature/former-clinton-official-says-democrats-obama-advisers-share-blame-for-marke/
Secretary of State: Samantha Power
Secretary of the Treasury: Warren Buffet
Secretary of Defense: Wesley Clark
Attorney General: Hillary Clinton
Secretary of the Interior: Jay Inslee
Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce: Jared Bernstein
Secretary of Labor: Andrew Stern
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Susan Bodnar-Deren
Secretary of HUD: Valerie Jarrett
Secretary of Transportation: Jim Oberstar
Secretary of Energy: Bill Richardson
Secretary of Education: Kathleen McCartney
Secretary of Veteran Affairs: Jim Webb
Secretary of Homeland Security: Eliminate the position OR Russ Feingold
Secretary of State: Bill Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury: Paul Volker (but most importantly – anyone but Summers)
Secretary of Defense: Wesley Clark
Attorney General: Andrew Cuomo (or Hillary Clinton – but better as supreme court nominee)
Secretary of the Interior: Jay Inslee
Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce: Ed Rendell
Secretary of Labor: Andrew Stern
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Howard Dean
Secretary of HUD: Valerie Jarrett
Secretary of Transportation: Jim Oberstar
Secretary of Energy: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of Education: David C. Berliner
Secretary of Veteran Affairs: Jim Webb
Secretary of Homeland Security: Tom Kean
Education: Geoffrey Canada
Homeland Security: Bruce Schneier
State: Samantha Power
Treasury: Warren Buffett
Defense: Robert Gates
Attorney General: Patrick Fitzgerald
Interior: Brian Schweitzer
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Commerce: Olympia Snowe
Labor: Bernie Sanders
Health and Human Services: John Kitzhaber
Housing and Urban Development: Michael Bloomberg
Transportation: Christopher Alexander
Energy (and the Environment): Arnold Schwarzenegger
Education: Michelle Rhee
Veterans Affairs: Chuck Hagel
Homeland Security: Eliminate the position
An Obama Administration would include Cabinet Secretaries as well as a brain trust of special advisors who develop theory and policy that represents an interdisciplinary approach to the direction of government and society.
Secretary of State: Richard Holbrooke
National Security Advisor: Samantha Power
Secretary of the Treasury: Lawrence Summers
Special Economic Advisor: Paul Krugman
Secretary of Defense: Chuck Hagel
Attorney General: Janet Napolitano
Special Constitutional Advisor: Anthony Lewis
Special International Envoy on the Environment and Climate Change: Al Gore
Head of the Environmental Protection Agency: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary of the Interior: Bill Richardson
Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce: Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Secretary of Labor: Harold Ford
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Jeffrey Sachs
Surgeon General: Dr. Howard Dean
Secretary of HUD: Valerie Jarrett
Secretary of Transportation: Thomas Keane
Secretary of Energy: Carol Brauner
Special Advisor on Energy: T. Boone Pickens
Secretary of Education: Caroline Kennedy
Secretary of Veterans Affairs:Tammy Duckworth
Secretary of Homeland Security: William Bratton
Head of National Endowment for the Arts: Fred Plotkin
Head of National Endowment for the Humanities: Toni Morrison
First Nominee to the Supreme Court: Hillary Clinton
Ambassador the the United Nations: Gary Hart
International Ambassador of Goodwill: Oprah Winfrey
Secretary of State: Susan Rice
National Security Advisor: Max Boot
Attorney General: Laurence Lessig
White House Counsel: Eric Holder
Secretary of Defense: Scott Gration
Secretary of Treasure: Jack Sparrow
Secretary of Treasury: David Cutler
Secretary of Energy: George Pataki
Secretary of Homeland Security: Charlie Dent
Secretary of Agriculture: Jeff Fortenberry
Secretary of HUD: Henry Cuellar
Secretary of Education: Michelle Rhee
Secretary of State: Bill Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury: Laura Tyson or Paul Krugman (He could also serve as senior economic adviser--we definitely need him in this admin. in some capacity)
Secretary of Defense: Wesley Clark or Colin Powell
Sc'y of Commerce: Robert Zoellick
Attorney General: John Edwards
Secretary of Education: Dr. Michael W. Apple, an educator (NOT General Powell, or anyone else without expertise in education.)
US Surgeon General: Dr. Howard Dean
Secretary of HUD: Valerie Jarrett
US EPA: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Sec'y of Culture (New position): Ted Kooser
Secretary of State: Richard Holbrook
Secretary of the Treasury: Lawrence Summers
Secretary of Defense: Chuck Hagel
Attorney General: John Kerry
Secretary of the Interior: Brian Schweitzer
Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Dashel
Secretary of Commerce: Michael Bloomberg
Secretary of Labor: Dick Gephart
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Bernie Sanders
Secretary of Transportation: Astrid Glynn
Secretary of Energy: Bill Richardson
Secretary of Education: Chris Dodd
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Max Cleeland
Secretary of Homeland Security: Richard Clark
EPA: Robert Kennedy, Jr.
UN Ambassador: Caroline Kennedy
Ambassador on the Environment and Climate Change: Al Gore
Surgeon General Howard Dean
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/MPoll4Ag/petition.html
Secretary of State- Bill Richardson
Secretary of Defense- Chuck Hagel
Attorney General- John Kerry (making Feingold chair of the foreign relations committee -- hooray! on second thought, why not just make feingold AG?)
Treasury-Joseph Stiglitz
Veteran Affairs- Tammy Duckworth (although blagoyevich might appoint her to obama's senate seat.)
Sec. of Education - Ramon Cortines
Treasury: Mayor Bloomberg
Defense: Colin Powell
Energy: T. Boone Pickens
Homeland Security: OBSOLETE
HUD: Jimmy Carter
State: Bill Richardson
Veterans Affairs: John McCain
Energy - Amory Lovins
Education: Anyone EXCEPT Joel Klein (e.g., Rudy Crew, Diane Ravitch, Sandra Stotsky)
Defense Collin Powell
Environment Al Gore
Agriculture someone from Rodale Institute
HUD Jimmy Carter
Education Caroline Kennedy
ATF Morton Downey Jr (lol)
Health Sarah Pallin (lol she deserves it)
Treasury Mayor Bloomberg or Warren Buffet
Labor Ross Perot
Veteran John McCain
Ambassadors Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg
Energy someone from Union of Concerned Scientists
State Henry Kissinger
Attorney General Hillary Clinton
Surgeon General Dr. Howard Dean
Nutrition Gary Null
Peace (new) Dennis Kucinich
Transportation Ralph Nader
Homeland Alice Walker
Science and Technology - Ray Bradbury or bring back Isaac Asimov
Consumer Protection someone from Consumers Union
Culture (new) Stevie Wonder
Civil Rights (new) Maya Angelou
Immigration (new) John Edwards
Interior H. Dale Hall
Ambassador to the UN Bill Clinton
Treasury: Paul Krugman (no more wall street guys) Volker 2nd choice
Energy: Van Jones, Al Gore
Education: Howard Gardner -- Anyone but Joel KLEIN
Secretary of state: Dennis Ross, Bill Clinton 2nd choice
Supreme court: Lawrence Tribe (Obama's teacher)
Attorney General: lani guinier
Secretary of Labor: Barney Frank
rudy crew good too!
Secretary of State: Angela Davis
Treasury: Robin Blackburn
Defense – now Dept. of Peace: Cornell West & Rashid Khalidi
Attorney General: Michael Ratner
Interior: Leonard Peltier
Agriculture: Alice Waters
Commerce: Edward Gresser
Labor: Bertha Lewis
Health and Human Services: Denis Rivera
Housing and Urban Development: Mike Davis
Transportation: Anatanas Mockus
Energy: Don Thoza
Education: Michele Obama
Veterans Affairs: Adam Kokesh
Homeland Security: eliminate
Fed Chairman: Doug Henwood
Director of National Intelligence: Noam Chomsky
Surgeon General: Attaher Maiga
Energy Secretary: Amory Lovins
Dept of Consumer Affairs (new position): Ralph Nader
Dept of Agriculture: Michael Pollan
EPA: Al Gore
Dept of Peace: Dennis Kucinich
Homeland Security: Richard Clarke
Secretary of State: Samantha Power
Secretary of Defense: Wesley Clark
Labor: Bernie Sanders
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Jeffrey Sachs
Ambassador to the UN Bill Clinton
Supreme court: Lawrence Tribe
Agriculture: Denise O'Brien, who almost won for this position in Iowa
EPA: Al Gore
Energy: Van Jones
Education: Anyone EXCEPT Joel Klein
Treasury: Jeffrey Sachs
Fed chairman: Joseph Stiglitz
State: Bill Richardson
Treasury: Tim Geithner
Defense: Robert Gates
Treasury: Paul Krugman
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Peace (new department): Colin Powell
Health: Hillary Clinton
Homeland Security: Sarah Palin (this is a joke)
Secretary of State: Bill Richardson
Treasury: Warren Buffet
Defense: Chuck Hagel
Attorney General: Kathleen Sebelius
Interior: Janet Napolitano
Agriculture: Brian Schweitzer
Commerce: George Sorros
Labor: Paul Volcker
Health and Human Services: Caroline Kennedy
Housing and Urban Development: Jimmy Carter
Transportation:Ed Rendell
Energy: Al Gore
Education: Duval Patrick
Veterans Affairs: Colin Powell
Homeland Security: John Kerry
Fed Chairman: Jon Corzine
Director of National Intelligence: Sarah Palin, *WINK*
State: Seymour Hersch
Treasury: Hazel Henderson
Defense: Dennis Kucinich (change name to peace)
Attorney General: Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Interior: David Orr
Agriculture: LaDonna Redmond
Commerce: Paul Hawkin
Labor: Van Jones
Health and Human Services: Cynthia McKinney
Housing and Urban Development: Majora Carter
Energy: Amory Lovins
Education: Marion Wright Edleman
Veterans Affairs: Nancy Lessin of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) or Ron Kovic
Homeland Security: Paul Stametz
Secretary of Agriculture: Michael Pollan
State: Samantha Power
Defense: Hillary Clinton
Energy: Al Gore [make high level]
Treasury: Tim Geithner / Janet Yellin
Justice: Janet Napolitano
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Education: Randi Weingarten
Health and Human Services: Karen Bass
Commerce: Mark Warner
HUD: Corey Booker
Interior: Larry Rockefeller
EPA: Robert Kennedy Jr.
Veterans: Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer (Ret.)
Ambassador to the UN: Caroline Kennedy
Surgeon General: Howard Dean
Commerce - Michael Bloomberg
Defense - Colin Powell
Education - Ruth J. Simmons
Energy - T. Boone Pickett
Housing and Urban Development - Andrew Cuomo
Labor - Linda Chavez-Thompson
State - Bill Richardson
Treasury - Warren Buffett
Environmental Protection Agency - Al Gore
Ambassador to the United Nations - Caroline Kennedy
HHS - Hillary Clinton
Interior - Robt F Kennedy Jr.
Energy: Al Gore
Health & Human Services: Hillary Clinton
Ambassador to the UN: Colin Powell
New and ,perhaps, most important, is the
Secretary of Pets- Malia and Sasha Obama
" " State- John Kerry
" " Defense-Colin Powell
" " Treasury-More than one is needed, so we'll call it the Trilogy of the treasury and nominate Sommers, Buffet and Bernanke
Secretary of Education- Joel Klein
" " Energy- Al Gore
" " Health and Human Svcs.-H. Clinton
" " Labor- John Edwards
" " Transportation- Sen. Olympia Snowe
" " Homeland Security Bill Clinton
" " Veterans Affairs- Jim Webb
" " Housing and Urban Development-
Sen. Chris Dodd
" " Environmental Protection-Robert
Kennedy,Jr.
" " Attorney General- Andrew Cuomo
" " Surgeon General- Howard Dean
Ambassador to the U.N.- Jimmy Carter
COMMUNICATION is the name of the game- not comeraderie.After all, Tinker to Evers to Chance was a great double play combination, though they had a great dislike towards each other, They, however, did COMMUNICATE.
Harold Koh (look him up, guys) -- Supreme Court or Attorney General.
David Kessler, former FDA head -- Surgeon General.
Agriculture: Charles W. Stenholm, former top Democrat, House Agriculture Committee
Attorney General: Eric H. Holder Jr., Partner at Covington and Burling
Commerce: Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago economics professor
Defense: Jack Reed, Senator from Rhode Island
Education: Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona
Energy: Ernest J. Moniz, MIT physicist
Health & Human Services: Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas
Homeland Security: Raymond W. Kelley, NYC police commissioner
HUD: Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta
Interior: Jay Inslee, Congressman from Washington
Labor: Linda Chavez-Thompson, Former AFL-CIO executive vice president
State: Susan E. Rice, Obama campaign's senior foreign policy adviser
Transportation: Steve Heminger, Executive director of the San Francisco Bay area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Treasury: Timothy F. Geithner, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
VA: Tammy Duckworth, Director of the Illinois Veterans Affairs Department
EPA: Kathleen McGinty, Former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Management & Budget Director: Peter R. Orszag, Congressional Budget Office director
U.S. Trade: Lael Brainard, Brookings Institution VP
UN: Caroline Kennedy, attorney, editor, and writer
State - B. Richardson
Treasury - P. Krugman
Justice - L. Guinier
Education - J. Kozol
Defense - C. Hagel
HUD - B. Ehrenreich
Health - H. Dean
Homeland Security - R. Clark
Energy - A. Gore
Interior - R. Kennedy, Jr
and
PEACE - D. Kucinich
A Simplified Cabinet ala JFK:
Department of State: Dennis Kucinich
Department of Treasury: Katherine S Newman, Princeton
Department of Defense: Condoleezza Rice
Department of the Armed Services: Daniel Akaka
Department of Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Department of Communication: Noam Chomsky
Department of Interior: Mary Landrieu
Department of Agriculture: Dr. John Keith Hatch
Department of Labor: Andrew Cuomo
Department of Health, Education & Welfare: Barbara Lee
Treasury: Paul Krugman
State: Chuck Hagel
Defense: Jim Webb or Colin Powell
Either could be in charge of Veterans affairs
Energy: Gore
HUD: Hillary Clinton
Homeland Security: Richard Clark
Secretary of Anti-Semitism: Jimmy Carter
Secretary of Apartheid Against Gays and Lesbians: Obama himself
Secretary of Global Warning Without Scientific Proof: Al Gore
Secretary of Keeping Israel Out of the News Until After Election Day: The New York Times
I forgot:
Department of Culture: Julian Bond
Irene
One truly hostile post from Sunset Park above, and an awful lot of mainstream thinking.
All those who supported the invasion of Iraq need to be "off the table" (and certainly not in the new cabinet). When the American people (and people throughout the world) who marched against the invasion on Feb 15, 2003 knew that Iraq wasn't a threat, and these folks claim to have been hoodwinked by Bush (and Powell must have had a gun to his head that made him lie to the UN?), these are clearly not people who should have any power in this government. Too many of them have colluded in the past 8 years of destruction.
[[BL Moderator Writes: Okay. Any specific suggestions of who should be in the cabinet, then?]]
Treasury: Warren Buffett
Dept of --
Treasury: George Soros (he knows how to get us out of chinese debt)
Interior: Majora Carter (she will save the land)
Press Secretary: Steven Colbert (people will listen)
Homeland Security: abolished (stupid waste of money)
Defense: Colin Powell (give a brother a second chance)
State: Mitt Romney (keep your friends close, enemies closer)
Energy: Al Gore (put his money where his mouth his)
treasurery: jamie dimen
state: bill richardson
defense: collin powell
energy: al gore
attorney general: hillary clinton
veteran affairs: bob dole
hud: the author of "pursuit of happyness"(i forgot his name)
ambassador to lichtenstein: sarah palin
agriculture - pollan
Diane Ravitch for Secretary of Education
She is totally non-partisan having been Asst Secy of Education for the first Pres. Bush and an appointee of Pres. Clinton to the National Assessment Governing Board. She is a fellow of both the liberal Brookings Institution and the conservative Hoover Institution.
She believes in high standards, and no gimmicks.
oh yes
defense - powell
Attorney General: Richard Falk, Prof. Emeritus at Princeton.
Treasury: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate
Education: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund
State: Ronald Dworkin, Prof. Oxford & NYU
Defense: Colin Powell
Labor: Ralph Nader
Commerce - Ray Anderson of Interface Inc.
Conspicuous by his absence: Paul Krugman
Why do you think he’s not among President-Elect Obama’s Economics Brain Trust? I know he was a strong Hillary supporter, but many of those in the economic inner circle are Friends of Bill. Why not include the advice of this Nobel laureate, too?
Sec State: Patricia DeGennaro
Education: ANYONE BUT JOEL KLEIN. How did that rumor get started anyway? Would be unthinkable.
treasury: soros
defense: wesley clark
secretary of state: bill richardson
energy: tom friedman
agriculture: michael pollan
Secty of Treasury: Joseph Stiglitz
State: John Kerry
Defense: Wesley Clarke
Treasury: Michale Bloomberg
Transportation: Janette Sadik-Khan
Education: Colin Powell
VA: John McCain
HUD: Jimmy Carter
EPA: Al Gore
State: Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton or
Colin Powell
EPA: Al Gore
Defense: Colin Powell or Jim Webb
Interior: Al Gore
Energy: Al Gore
U.N. Amb: Richardson
Labor: Robert Reich
Homeland Security: Richard Clark
Michael Pollan is so knowledgeable, but he should be an adviser to the secretary of ag, who should be someone with some experience with sustainable agriculture, and an interest in changing the broken system we have now, but who has government level experience in getting things done (but not lining his/her pockets with lobbying money). and NOT Tom Vilsack, he is cooperate AG all the way.
Michael Pollan should definitely be invited to consult on the garden that should be placed on the White House lawn.
State: Les Aspin (still around?)
Energy: Al Gore
Labor: Tom Harkin
Treasury: Bloomberg
Veterans: McCain
Attorney General: Dukakis!
New Position: Secretary for Climate Control and Innovation - Steve Jobs
Yes Pollan for Ag. Sec. (will never happen though)
Keep Gates at Defence
Secretary of State: Gore Vidal, erudition and history being the foundation of diplomacy
Treasury: Dennis Kucinich, be the progressive you want to be Barack
Defense: With a hatchet, Barbara Lee
Attorney General: Barney Frank
EPA: Al Gore
Energy: Sen Feingold
Education: Hilary Clinton
Treasury: Paul Krugman
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
State: Samantha Power
Defense: Colin Powell
Education: Wendy Koop
Education: Jonathan Kozol
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Sec. of State: Bill Richardson
HUD: Corey Booker
Attorney General: Susan Herman (new head of ACLU, yay!!!)
Homeland Security: Claire McCaskill
Defense: Chuck Hagel
Labor: Barbara Ehrenreich
Health: Howard Dean
Poet Laureate: Cornel West
Education: Geoffrey Canada
And put Majora Carter somewhere!
Do NOT NOT NOT appoint Joel Klein as Secertary of Education!!!!
Energy: Vann Jones or Majora Carter
Labor: Robert Reich
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Treasury: Paul Krugman
State: Jimmy Carter (unless he's in bad health)
NO LARRY SUMMERS - How about bringing back Paul O'Neill?
State: Fareed Zakaria
OK, maybe Carter could be a goodwill ambassador. Ooh, and another one:
Health and Human Services: Paul Farmer
Sec. of State: Joseph Biden
Dept. of Peace and Nonviolence: George Mitchell or Dennis Ross (NOT Dennis Kucinich- he should be congratulated for sponsoring the Bill - most recently HR 808- to create a US Dept of Peace, but he does not appear to have to skills to be in the role)
Education: not Klein
Education: not Klein
Education: not Klein
Education: not Klein
Defense: McCain
CENTCOM: not Petreus
Education: Jonathan Kozol
Agriculture: Michael Pollan
Sec. of State: Bill Richardson
HUD: Corey Booker
Attorney General: Susan Herman (new head of ACLU, yay!!!)
Homeland Security: Claire McCaskill
Defense: Chuck Hagel
Labor: Barbara Ehrenreich
Health: Howard Dean
Poet Laureate: Cornel West
sec. of treasury/commerce - david walker, formerly of GAO.
since bloomberg is running for a 3rd term here, no sec of treas, but david walker has been talking about the creadit problem for years.
and for fda, david kessler, again. definitely, or atleast health.
Ron Paul Fed boss...then he can abolish the Fed and save the country...
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