The Biden Cabinet and Transition Thread (4 Viewers)

[GrandAdmiral]

Ok the rules:

• Your post can only contain one department and guess.
• You may post more than once for different departments.
• Post can contain comments about previous guesses.
• Guesses for one department can be used for other departments.
• Minds can, of course, be changed.

I will kick things off first...

Secretary of State: Susan Rice

This is as clear a choice as there can be. She has all of the credentials and rep to begin healing as relationships with our allies.

 

[B4YOU]

Susan Rice is the easiest choice.

No Senate Dem will be pulled. It’s also going to be tough to pull from the House with the slim margins. Pete and Yang are so good on media that it’s almost a loss to pull them into the administration.

Andrew Yang - Sec of Treasury.

His background is economics and he has business experience. His push for UBI will make him a strong advocate for workers when stimulus packages are needed.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

Considering my two decades' experience in higher ed administration, I nominate myself for Sec. of Education. Make it happen.

You have two policy options in front of you. One was proposed by Betsy Devos. One is the result of my cat walking across the computer keyboard. Which do you implement?

 

[LA - L.A.]

Considering my two decades' experience in higher ed administration, I nominate myself for Sec. of Education. Make it happen.

I worked rice fields, soybean fields, a herd of cattle and other livestock, so I nominate myself for Sec. of Agriculture. Big agra, I'm coming for you.

 

[brandon]

Just get Bernie, Warren, and Buttigieg in there in some capacity and I’m good.

 

[Nebaghead]

Bernie . Secretary of Labor

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

Susan Rice is the easiest choice.

No Senate Dem will be pulled. It’s also going to be tough to pull from the House with the slim margins. Pete and Yang are so good on media that it’s almost a loss to pull them into the administration.

Andrew Yang - Sec of Treasury.

His background is economics and he has business experience. His push for UBI will make him a strong advocate for workers when stimulus packages are needed.

But even more, his particular UBI should play well with fiscal conservatives (when they become born again to the trad R philosophy)

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Mayor Pete for Sec Def.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

You have two policy options in front of you. One was proposed by Betsy Devos. One is the result of my cat walking across the computer keyboard. Which do you implement?

My own cat has more sense than Betsy Devos, so I'm pretty sure yours does as well.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

My own cat has more sense than Betsy Devos, so I'm pretty sure yours does as well.

You have my support.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Mayor Pete for Sec Def.

Hold up. I thought you wanted Mayor Pete for CoS.

ETA: Sorry. That was Chuck.

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Hold up. I thought you wanted Mayor Pete for CoS.

Nope, must have been someone else. My two so far are Julian Castro, AG and Mayor Pete Sec Def.

 

[Nebaghead]

for those of you who wanted to see the four seasons press conference, four seasons nursery.

 

[wardorican]

I wonder if Pete will be on the team. Chief of Staff? I don’t really see a cabinet position that is appropriate. SBA is beneath his skill set. He’s a great communicator - CoS might be a good gig.

They’ve been talking Warren for Treasury but I don’t think Wall Street would take that very well.

That and you really don't want her out of the Senate.

I was thinking Pete as CoS as well, but Biden may want someone, like him, who has a lot of personal relationships and knows DC.

Might be too low for him, but Press Secretary would be pretty interesting. Maybe I just like his burns.

 

[wardorican]

I want Mr Hunter Biden to get a position, which I don’t care. Make one up if you have to.

Senior White House Advisor.. like Trump's kids?

 

[not2rich]

I want Mr Hunter Biden to get a position, which I don’t care. Make one up if you have to.

Ambassador to Ukraine?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Might be too low for him, but Press Secretary would be pretty interesting. Maybe I just like his burns.

I see him promoting Symone Sanders for that.

 

[Foreign National]

Ambassador to Ukraine?

I like this one.

 

[Booker]

Michael Bennet for Secretary of Education. That’s his background and Polis would appoint a Democrat to replace him.

I’m not too hip on Warren or Sanders, just because they come from states with Republican governors, who would then likely appoint Republicans to replace them.