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**ESF**McCain Cabinet
On Friday (I think) you were asking if anyone had seen Cabinet predictions for McCain. I found the CQ article which has ideas for both Obama and McCain. Here are a few highlights. Let me know if there are other agencies you are curious about, this piece covered just about everything!
Secretary of State
For McCain: Joe Lieberman, James Woolsey, John Negroponte
For Obama: Susan Rice, Richard Holbrooke, Bill Richardson
Treasury Secretary
For McCain: Henry Paulson, Robert Zoellick, John Thain
For Obama: Timothy Geithner, James Dimon, Henry Paulson
Defense Secretary
For McCain: Joe Lieberman, Robert Gates, Tom Ridge
For Obama: Jack Reed, Richard Danzig, Robert Gates
Attorney General
For McCain: Rudy Guiliani, Arthur Culvahouse, Lindsey Graham
For Obama: Eric Holer, Jamie Gorelick, Artur Davis
Interior Secretary
For McCain: Wayne Allard, Steve Pearce, Dirk Kempthorne
For Obama: Brian Schweitzer, Jay Inslee, Mark Udall
Labor Secretary
For McCain: Randel Johnson, John Engler, Jim Talent
For Obama: Linda Chavez-Thompson, Richard Gephardt, Jennifer Granholm
Health and Human Services Secretary
For McCain: Mike Huckabee, Mark McClellan, Bobby Jindal
For Obama: Rosa DeLauro, Howard Dean, Kathleen Sebelius
Energy Secretary
For McCain: Heather Wilson, James Woolsey, Frederick Smith
For Obama: Ernest Moniz, Ed Rendell, Phillip Sharp
Education Secretary
For McCain: Tim Pawlenty, Paul Vallas, Lisa Graham Keegan
For Obama: Jim Hunt, Janet Napolitano, Arne Duncan
Homeland Security Secretary
For McCain: Frank Keating, Mitt Romney, Robert Bonner
For Obama: James Lee Witt, Raymond Kelly, Janet Napolitano
EPA Administrator
For McCain: Sherwood Boehlert, Charlie Crist, Christopher Shays
For Obama: Christine Gregoire, Peter Lehner, Kathleen McGinty
Re: **ESF**McCain Cabinet
Homeland Security Secretary
For McCain: Mitt Romney
Anybody wanna take a crack on what qualifies him?
Thanks for posting! Interesting list. I really like Sebelius. I have a fantasy that in 2012, Biden will step down and Obama will take her on as VP. So, if he can pull off his health care reform, I'd love her in HHS. Though I do think Dean should get a good juicy post.
I've also heard that Napolitano might run in 2010 for the senate - either against McCain or whoever replaces him, so I wonder if she'd take a national post right now.
I don't know how I feel about Rudy Guiliani as AG. And Mike Huckabee at HHS sounds like hell on earth.
Agreed. Those two prospects give me nightmares!
::butting in:: National Security Advisor?
Squee!! I'm a big dork, but I get excited when I see names from my state.
Jay Inslee for Sec of Interior: he's a very popular guy here in WA.
And Christine Gregoire for EPA Admin, she's running hard to keep her governer's seat, and frankly, I don't think she'll win. She'll need a job soon enough!
That actually wasn't on the list. ?Odd!?
Yes, that's the first thing I noticed. ?And Bobby Jindal wouldn't be any better.