Who'd Get the Top Cabinet Jobs for President Obama?

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i want to be the body guard of the president

student of CA 3:53PM March 26, 2009

if you want a good cabinet maker pick me

Pablo s. of TX 10:04PM October 13, 2008

robert wexler for secretary of state, senator jack reed for defence.

mr.samater of NV 8:50PM August 27, 2008

I find it absolutely amazing that there are people out there who think that a presumptive or future president is not engaged in his or her transition 90 days before the election. Folks get real...you can't wait until you win to start planning for something like this. First of all you have to believe that you will win. That being a fact...you have to plan! It would be irresponsible to wait until the day after and say "Now What"

Clay of VA 2:07PM August 06, 2008

May God hepl us all!

Dantheman of 7:29PM August 04, 2008

Oprah for Director of Communications
Nate Berkus, Secretary of the Interior
Dr. Phil, Surgeon General

SPO of IL 1:44PM August 04, 2008

pretty sure of this why not do a mcain cabinet. being a moderate he would pick people of class and honor. while osama being a flaming liberal would select people of his supposedly elite class as spoken in sf dinner.no matter how the media fawns all over this guy. you can see in the polls the guy is flaming out. as reported democratic lefty's are worried that they are not running away with this campaign. you also have fli-flop ob deciding to not face the american electorate in town hall meetings. i believe there was 10 scheduled. the guy obviously cant face anyone wothout a prerecorded teleprompter.

carl6352 of FL 3:26PM August 03, 2008

By the way, McCain has admitted that he is also preparing a transition team. But, of course, that is somehow intrinsically different.

scales of TX 4:52PM August 01, 2008

You right-wingers are doing exactly as expected-- posting a bunch of childish hogwash a la your leader. This is why I despaired when McCain decided to take the low-road; I knew you would happily and immediately follow suit.
The irony is that no satirical cabinet could actually be worse than pretty much any of the people Bush surrounded himself with. That would be yes-men who wouldn't tell him the emperor had no clothes.
1. massive home foreclosures
2. two wars with more to come
3. Bank failures
4. no-bid contracts for Haliburton
5. 12 billion quarterly profits for oil companies
6. record unemployment
7. lies to the American people to get us to go to war
8. the politicization of the AG's office
9. the outing of a covert agent for political revenge
10. the lobbyist fiasco
11. the claim of executive privilege for any and every wrongdoer
12. the unjust prosecution of a member of the opposing party
13. Oh --- Let's not forget Katrina and FEMA!
AND ON AND ON AND ON....
NOW THERE'S A LIST FOR YA!

scales of TX 4:45PM August 01, 2008

Filling Obama's cabinet with a Democratic Party all star team is not the direction this country needs. The best way to counter Bush's neo-con occupation of the executive branch is to form a broad based coalition unifying various elements of the moderate political spectrum. Secretary of State goes to a Democrat as a spoil of war, sure (though I'd like to see Powell back), but what better way to demonstrate his intentions to the country by extending an offer to McCain as Secretary of Defense; and simultaneously augment himself where he is supposedly lacking. Neither Obama or McCain are all that bad or polarizing of guys (except in the eyes of the rabid pundits and their zombie partisan fan boys). This move would shake the American public by its shoulders and be a step towards waking it up from of this ridiculous two-party division that has enslaved our intellects as a free democratic people for far too long.
Our economy as it is, Secretary of Treasury is a position that cannot be merely dolled out as a political favor. There is no room for partisan ideology here, from either side. We need someone trustworthy here who can make wise, restrained decisions without being overly influenced by either anti-market populism or nepotistic corporatism. No more bail outs. It's time we make responsibility a cornerstone of American values once again.
More in danger of becoming a police state than ever before in our history, we must have a (small 'L') libertarian minded individual in the seat of Attorney General... the anti-Ashcroft. In the areas of energy, education and health we need innovative people with fresh ideas who will not merely foment methods of throwing money at the problems we face. In commerce, labor and agriculture, more than ever we need to make a stand against the tendencies of populist motivated protectionism and self-stagnating policies. Free markets are the way to development and prosperity for all.
And in the legislative branch I hope we see a sense of parity return, with a fiscally conservative congress taking shape similar to that from the Clinton years, preferably with a figure of honesty and integrity at its helm like Ron Paul.
This is the sort of configuration that will lead America towards a better tomorrow. Not one that simply rehashes the same pointless bipartisan pissing contest that has failed us since its inception.

ende of DC 4:39PM August 01, 2008