Ok let's have them. Dems or Repubs doesn't matter. Just want the best.. No links please, rather have your thougts.

I think Powell in Defense
Gore for Energy
Hillary for Health (or attorney gen)
Luger for State
I've always like Specter (find something for him)

Richard Holbrook, Secretary of State
Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense
Paul Volcker, Secretary of the Treasury
Colin Powell, Middle East Special Envoy
Hillary Clinton, Obama's first Supreme Court nominee
Patrick Fitzgerald, Attorney General
Bill Richardson, Secretary of Homeland Security
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Secretary of Energy

Secretary of Defense- Joe The Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State- Joe The Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury- Joe The Secretary of Treasury
Attorney General- Joe The Attorney General
Middle East Special Envoy- Joe The Middle East Special Envoy
Secretary of Energy- Joe The Secretary of Energy

There's no way Hillary gets nominated to the SCOTUS. First, she is not qualified for the position. Aside from courses at Yale and some brief work in the subject early in her career, she has little experience with constitutional law. Second, Obama is not very fond of her. I think you're much more likely to see someone come off of the DC or California circuit than Hillary. Besides, I think she's doing fine for the Dems in the Senate.

Powell would make an excellent Secretary of Defense, but I doubt he wants the job. Likewise, I don't think Gore would take anything. I think Summers would be decent for Treasury, but his appointment would be a big "fuck you" to women and I doubt Obama would go out on a limb for him.

I heard John Kerry's name mentioned for Sec. of State. I've also heard that Luger is not interested in a cabinet position.

I think the whole question can be solved...

with a limited-yield nuclear device.

Palin/Jindal '12

Secretary of State - Al Sharpton
Secretary of Defense - Louis Farrakhan
Secretary of Treasury - Marion Barry
Secretary of HUD - ACORN
SCOTUS - Judge Roy "million dollar pants" Pearson

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> Secretary of Defense- Joe The Secretary of
> Defense
> Secretary of State- Joe The Secretary of State
> Secretary of Treasury- Joe The Secretary of
> Treasury
> Attorney General- Joe The Attorney General
> Middle East Special Envoy- Joe The Middle East
> Special Envoy
> Secretary of Energy- Joe The Secretary of Energy

+10.

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> I heard John Kerry's name mentioned for Sec. of
> State. I've also heard that Luger is not
> interested in a cabinet position.


Kerry would be a huge mistake in that position. I like Luger, but he has a certain "Warren Christopher" vibe to him. I think Richard Holbrook or Bill Richardson would be better in that position.

tj2008 Wrote:
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> I think the whole question can be solved...
>
> with a limited-yield nuclear device.
>
> Palin/Jindal '12


Okay. Palin is a complete idiot. She doesn't know Africa is a continent. And Bobby Jindal is great, but the bigots in the Republican Party won't support an Indian the same way they wouldn't support a Mormon, even though Romney could have given Obama a real run.

Actually, the Republicans should nominated Palin in 2012. Obama wouldn't have to raise a dime. Palin would destroy herself.

Eastsider Wrote:
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> There's no way Hillary gets nominated to the
> SCOTUS.

It's called a mandate. Obama can put up anyone he wants in the next two years and they will undoubtedly end up on the court. Hillary is all about ego. She isn't running for President again. It's better to be one of nine than one of 100. As for her qualifications, you have had members of the Supreme Court who weren't even lawyers. She is more than qualified.


> Second, Obama is not very fond of her. I think
> you're much more likely to see someone come off of
> the DC or California circuit than Hillary.

All the more reason to kick her out of the Senate and up to the Supreme Court.

> Besides, I think she's doing fine for the Dems in
> the Senate.
>

I do too, but this is probably the first time in her life she doesn't have a defined career trajectory.

> Powell would make an excellent Secretary of
> Defense, but I doubt he wants the job. Likewise,
> I don't think Gore would take anything. I think
> Summers would be decent for Treasury, but his
> appointment would be a big "fuck you" to women and
> I doubt Obama would go out on a limb for him.

Summers would be a huge problem. He has a lot of baggage left over from Harvard. I think Volcker is well respected by both parties. Even though he is '81, he has never served as Treasury Secretary and would problem see it as a crowning achievement to his illustrious career.

Lack of experience is what killed Miers' nomination. Obama's first nominee will be a slam dunk. He doesn't want to risk the embarrassment.

Hillary Clinton might make an OK justice (it is difficult to tell), but she would make an awful nominee. Everyone knows exactly where she stands, she has high negatives in national opinion polls, and she is questionably qualfied. Obama is going to want nothing to do with that, especially early in his term. There will be few better ways to motivate the Republican base.

I put her chances at getting the nomination as very very slim.

Ok, Chief of Staff. What do we know about Rahm Emanuel? Everything I've read says he's a pitbull. Too far left?

Also Robert Gibbs as WH press secretary. Again, don't know much about him. Thoughts?

Didn't think much about Perino (she's actually gotten better) but she is very easy on the eyes.

Another thing about Clinton is that she's probably too old.

I think that Sotomayor is the likely choice. Elena Kagan is another possibility down the road, just not for his first nomination.

I thoght this was going to be a joke about his liquor cabinet......full of Hennessey

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> I thoght this was going to be a joke about his
> liquor cabinet......full of Hennessey



or ripple

Robert Gibb's got my vote!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/robert-gibbs-confronts-ha_n_132842.html

Hope Corzine doesn't get Treasury. Ex goldman sax ceo, now governor of NJ. That guys probably rubbed elbows with more white collar thieves/mafia then one can shake a stick at.

Eastsider Wrote:
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> Lack of experience is what killed Miers'
> nomination. Obama's first nominee will be a slam
> dunk. He doesn't want to risk the embarrassment.
>
> Hillary Clinton might make an OK justice (it is
> difficult to tell), but she would make an awful
> nominee. Everyone knows exactly where she stands,
> she has high negatives in national opinion polls,
> and she is questionably qualfied. Obama is going
> to want nothing to do with that, especially early
> in his term. There will be few better ways to
> motivate the Republican base.
>
> I put her chances at getting the nomination as
> very very slim.


Hill can't even find the Rose Law Firm records and you think she's
okay for SCOTUS? Get real.

http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/FOSTER_COVERUP/hillprints.html

tigger Wrote:
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> Hope Corzine doesn't get Treasury. Ex goldman sax
> ceo, now governor of NJ. That guys probably
> rubbed elbows with more white collar thieves/mafia
> then one can shake a stick at.

Henry Paulson was Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, as well.

Dude...all of my comments in this thread are about how she would be a lousy nominee.

It'll be Sotomayor, and then it will be Kagan, and in eight years, you people will be WISHING it was Hillary.



Vince Foster Wrote:
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> Eastsider Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Lack of experience is what killed Miers'
> > nomination. Obama's first nominee will be a
> slam
> > dunk. He doesn't want to risk the
> embarrassment.
> >
> > Hillary Clinton might make an OK justice (it is
> > difficult to tell), but she would make an awful
> > nominee. Everyone knows exactly where she
> stands,
> > she has high negatives in national opinion
> polls,
> > and she is questionably qualfied. Obama is
> going
> > to want nothing to do with that, especially
> early
> > in his term. There will be few better ways to
> > motivate the Republican base.
> >
> > I put her chances at getting the nomination as
> > very very slim.
>
>
> Hill can't even find the Rose Law Firm records and
> you think she's
> okay for SCOTUS? Get real.
>
> http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/FOST
> ER_COVERUP/hillprints.html

Eastsider Wrote:
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> Hillary Clinton might make an OK justice (it is
> difficult to tell), but she would make an awful
> nominee.

Might make an "ok" justice?

That woman would be the worst justice ever. She is too polar, she knows nothing about compromise, rational thought, reason, consideration and conciliation.

Hillary takes issues as competition -- you either agree with her, or you lose.

Just look at what happened with her "Universal Health Care" proposal -- when congress came back with some changes, she refused to compromise in any way, it had to be the way she wanted it, or it wouldn't be at all.

That is an awful trait to have as a supreme court justice.



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Please tell me how that differs from current justices like Scalia, Thomas, and Ginsberg.

SCOTUS has become less about interpreting law and more about making it. And this is true on BOTH sides of the spectrum. Whether you agree with Roe or not, it was an atrocious piece of law. Scalia's opinion in DC v. Heller also just made shit up.

Scalia, Thomas and Ginsberg are not ideologically single-minded. They do not always, unquestionably, side with one ideology or another.

Hillary Clinton is an uncompromising and rabid social constructionist and does not believe there is any other valid opinion other than the one she holds. She believes the world would be a better place if only people would just agree with her, or at least acquiesce to her will.

That statement is such crap it is unworthy of a proper rebuttal


Bob .Wrote:
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> Scalia, Thomas and Ginsberg are not ideologically
> single-minded. They do not always,
> unquestionably, side with one ideology or another.
>
>
> Hillary Clinton is an uncompromising and rabid
> social constructionist and does not believe there
> is any other valid opinion other than the one she
> holds. She believes the world would be a better
> place if only people would just agree with her, or
> at least acquiesce to her will.

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DEFENSE SECRETARY

Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.

Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.
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TREASURY SECRETARY

Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary and one-time Harvard University president.

SECRETARY OF STATE

Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., former U.N. ambassador and energy secretary.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., 2004 presidential nominee.

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., former chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.

Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.

Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., member of House Judiciary Committee.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, former assistant U.S. attorney for civil rights.

ENERGY SECRETARY

Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

EPA ADMINISTRATOR

Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board.

Kathleeen McGinty, former secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.

Howard Dean, chairman of Democratic National Committee, physician, former Vermont governor.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY

Jane Garvey, former head of Federal Aviation Administration.

Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of House transportation committee.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.

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Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber.

Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles.

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James Lee Witt, former FEMA director.

Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton.

Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, chairman of 9/11 commission.

Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., chairwoman of Homeland Security intelligence subcommittee.

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

James B. Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser.

Susan Rice, former assistant secretary of state for African affairs.

EDUCATION SECRETARY

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt.

Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.

Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent.

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Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.

Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union.

Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.

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Rep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C., chairman of House Budget Committee.

Gene Sperling, economic aide to President Clinton.

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Ambassador to Russia- Sarah Palin

Here we go with the uprise of cold-war scare tactics from the shameless neocon operatives.

You've truly turned into them.

Go back to Russia you freaks!

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Here we go with the uprise of cold-war scare
> tactics from the shameless neocon operatives.
>
> You've truly turned into them.
>
> Go back to Russia you freaks!


Don't you think it's funny that the same people who used to say "Better dead than red!" now say "The redder the better!"?


Leave it to Fox News to seek out and zoom in on the one nutcase in the crowd who wants to make whatever twisted political statement with a soviet flag, play the soviet national anthem, and imply that the entire rally was waving soviet flags.

I really wish I had gone to a McCain rally and waved a nazi flag. Then some news outlet could accuse the entire McCain rally to be nothing more than a neo-nazi rally.



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Oh yeah, I forgot one important detail about that Fox News propoganda piece -- That was in front of the white house, around 11:30 pm or midnight on the night of the election.

It wasn't an organized event, it was just a spontaneous celebration of people who came pouring out of the bars in the downtown DC area.

So whatever association they were trying to make was a false one, but that doesn't matter to dittoheads and the mentally challenged, they see the image and it makes the impact Fox desired it to make.

Yay...I win.

Eastsider Wrote:
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> Another thing about Clinton is that she's probably
> too old.
>
> I think that Sotomayor is the likely choice.
> Elena Kagan is another possibility down the road,
> just not for his first nomination.

well done, Eastsider!!!

((sounds of applause))

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I have had to change the addresses to my retaliatory blogs over half a dozen times.

Thank you, thank you. No applause, just throw money.


fairfaxdude Wrote:
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> well done, Eastsider!!!
>
> ((sounds of applause))

Be careful what you wish for.

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