Can we play fantasy cabinet?

[atexan]

There's some of this going on in the other thread but I want to pull it out.  Thinking about this makes me happy and I don't want to have to scroll through the other posts cuz some of them are downers, lol.

Dream with me!

So, we've discussed Sally Yeats as AG.
Warren for Sec of Treasury
Inslee for Sec of Energy or head of EPA
I think it would be awesome for Julian Castro to run and then abolish Homeland Security
Deb Haaland (congresswoman from New Mexico) for Sec of Interior
Susan Rice for Sec of State
Duckworth for head of VA
Mayor Pete to the UN
Jill Biden for Sec of Education
Fauci for HHS, obv

Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama

Who else wants to play?

[mcsangel2]

Oooooh, I love the idea of Buttigieg in the UN.

I agree with and would lay money that
Susan Rice as Sec of State
Sally Yates as AG
is definitely going to happen.

I'm not as sure that Warren will be Sec of Treasury, 50/50 that or another post/will stay in the Senate given that MA has a Republican governor.

I love everything you posted. Jill in Education, Fauci in HHS I can definitely see those happening.

And if RBG's time must come to an end, who can argue with Obama taking that seat?

[formerlyak]

Aug 12, 2020 12:18:04 GMT -5 @hiphopanonymous said:

Duckworth for SecDef.

This is what DH and I were saying last night.

[litebright]

I, um, thought this was going to be a furniture post. Like, "Show me your big ol' fantasy cabinets!" I've been looking at a lot of sideboard/buffets and was looking forward to seeing pics, LOL.

But I'll take Yates as AG. I don't think Fauci wants a political post in any admin, TBH. But HHS is going to be critical.

I can't decide if I'd prefer having Warren at Treasury or at Commerce. Can we bring Julian Castro back at HUD or should he go to a different agency?

Also, not Cabinet-level, but I personally am looking forward to Jessica Rosenworcel running the FCC.

[BlondeSpiders]

Aug 12, 2020 12:04:28 GMT -5 atexan said:

Inslee for Sec of Energy or head of EPA

Noooooooooooooooooooo.......!

We need him here in WA! He won his primary and is likely to win reelection. I think he's done a great job with the pandemic response, and we'll continue to need him to navigate out of it successfully.

[seeyalater52]

Aug 12, 2020 13:04:50 GMT -5 litebright said:

I, um, thought this was going to be a furniture post. Like, "Show me your big ol' fantasy cabinets!" I've been looking at a lot of sideboard/buffets and was looking forward to seeing pics, LOL.

But I'll take Yates as AG. I don't think Fauci wants a political post in any admin, TBH. But HHS is going to be critical.

I can't decide if I'd prefer having Warren at Treasury or at Commerce. Can we bring Julian Castro back at HUD or should he go to a different agency?

Also, not Cabinet-level, but I personally am looking forward to Jessica Rosenworcel running the FCC.

I would LOVE to see Castro in charge of immigration... 

And unpopular I know, but I want Warren in the Senate. I fear we will lose the seat to a Republican again if Baker gets to make even a temporary replacement and even if we do take the Senate the margin is going to be very thin. 

[redheadbaker]

Jill Biden plans to continue teaching even if she's First Lady.

[seeyalater52]

Aug 12, 2020 13:35:20 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Jill Biden plans to continue teaching even if she's First Lady.

Yeah I dont see her as the type to be interested in stepping away from her career and serving in her husband's cabinet.

[Velar Fricative]

Julian Castro for AG
Elizabeth Warren for Treasury
Tammy Duckworth for Defense
Jay Inslee for EPA
Susan Rice for State
Jahana Hayes for Education
Pete Buttigieg for Veterans Affairs
Corey Booker for UN Ambassador
Kirsten Gillibrand for Health and Human Services

Homeland Security is also super important but don't have anyone in mind just yet. But I think the scope needs to change - pandemic response can maybe fall under there. So while I wouldn't mind Castro there, I wouldn't want him to abolish it. And I prefer him as AG anyway.

[litebright]

Aug 12, 2020 13:31:33 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Aug 12, 2020 13:04:50 GMT -5 litebright said:

I, um, thought this was going to be a furniture post. Like, "Show me your big ol' fantasy cabinets!" I've been looking at a lot of sideboard/buffets and was looking forward to seeing pics, LOL.

But I'll take Yates as AG. I don't think Fauci wants a political post in any admin, TBH. But HHS is going to be critical.

I can't decide if I'd prefer having Warren at Treasury or at Commerce. Can we bring Julian Castro back at HUD or should he go to a different agency?

Also, not Cabinet-level, but I personally am looking forward to Jessica Rosenworcel running the FCC.

I would LOVE to see Castro in charge of immigration... 

And unpopular I know, but I want Warren in the Senate. I fear we will lose the seat to a Republican again if Baker gets to make even a temporary replacement and even if we do take the Senate the margin is going to be very thin. 

Honestly, maybe the policy side is the best place to keep her. She can push in different ways from the Senate than from inside the admin. And I agree about the senators. We need to be really careful about moving too many people out of senate seats.

[Velar Fricative]

I also don't want Jill in the cabinet. I know the Bidens aren't the shadyass Trumps but I am just DONE with family members working in critical roles or positions. If Biden weren't the nominee I'd be all for her as Secretary of Education but not with Biden as POTUS.

[smock]

Aug 12, 2020 12:04:28 GMT -5 atexan said:

Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama

Biden promised to choose a Black woman for SCOTUS, so . . . how about Michelle Obama? 

[wildrice]

Aug 12, 2020 13:41:12 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I also don't want Jill in the cabinet. I know the Bidens aren't the shadyass Trumps but I am just DONE with family members working in critical roles or positions. If Biden weren't the nominee I'd be all for her as Secretary of Education but not with Biden as POTUS.

Yeah, I don't like the optics of this either. We need to pick the best people, not the people who know the best people  (or, in Trump's cabinet, the people - nobody there is best). I don't know enough about her to say she wouldn't be a great candidate, but I'm sure there is someone else who could do it without the nepotism. 

[glw]

I'd love for Katie Porter to be Sec Treasury.

[Michelle]

Aug 12, 2020 12:04:28 GMT -5 atexan said:

Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama

Who else wants to play?

Would he even want that? I mean, he has done his duty. And he gets salary for life. Why not enjoy it now? He doesn't seem power hungry.

Michelle isn't power hungry either, but I could see her, as proposed by smock, as SCOTUS. She was the one that was passionate about the law when they met. She was his mentor. She sacrificed her goals and priorities to support him as President. It's her turn to make her own mark.

[centralsquare]

I want Warren to be the Czar of Un-Fucking All the Things.

I don't care if it's in the Senate or the cabinet.

I just want her fighting corruption and helping people have better lives. I'm confident she'll do that wherever she is.

[centralsquare]

Aug 12, 2020 15:10:04 GMT -5 glw said:

I'd love for Katie Porter to be Sec Treasury.

True, but would we get to watch Jamie Dimon squirm? 

[4speedy]

Can we also re-hire all of the Lifetime civil servants Trump fired under shady circumstances because they stood up to him? I’m thinking specifically of the group that testified at the impeachment hearings who all ended up jobless.

Also, would like Buttigieg to be appointed to unravel the kids in cages mess and get them all returned to their families. I think it’s going to require his McKinsey skills to solve that mess.

[redheadbaker]

I might be biased, but I'd like to see Pedro Rivera (currently PA State Chief of Education) for Secretary of Education.

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 12, 2020 15:28:07 GMT -5 4speedy said:

Can we also re-hire all of the Lifetime civil servants Trump fired under shady circumstances because they stood up to him? I’m thinking specifically of the group that testified at the impeachment hearings who all ended up jobless.

Also, would like Buttigieg to be appointed to unravel the kids in cages mess and get them all returned to their families. I think it’s going to require his McKinsey skills to solve that mess.

Yeah I'd consider bringing in Vindman for something important. 

[stephm0188]

At this point, I'd take a bear over Betsy for secretary of education.

[rupertpenny]

Aug 12, 2020 14:53:30 GMT -5 smock said:

Aug 12, 2020 12:04:28 GMT -5 atexan said:

Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama

Biden promised to choose a Black woman for SCOTUS, so . . . how about Michelle Obama? 

I don't think she would actually want to be on SCOTUS, but her facial reactions during oral arguments would be priceless. 

[sonrisa]

Aug 12, 2020 13:36:24 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Aug 12, 2020 13:35:20 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Jill Biden plans to continue teaching even if she's First Lady.

Yeah I dont see her as the type to be interested in stepping away from her career and serving in her husband's cabinet.

I don't think she'd want to be part of the cabinet for optics reasons, especially after all the nepotism in the current White House. But I wouldn't describe it as "stepping away from her career." We wouldn't say that about any other educator stepping up to Secretary of Education. It isn't like Jared's "advisory" roles. 

[basilosaurus]

Aug 12, 2020 13:36:24 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Aug 12, 2020 13:35:20 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Jill Biden plans to continue teaching even if she's First Lady.

Yeah I dont see her as the type to be interested in stepping away from her career and serving in her husband's cabinet.

I spent a year in commuting with, all day class, studying with H. It was... not good for us. In addition to her having her own career, I'm not sure husband/wife working together that closely is a good thing, for the marriage or the job.

[tessalb]

Aug 12, 2020 15:10:04 GMT -5 glw said:

I'd love for Katie Porter to be Sec Treasury.

I’d like to see her take Harris’ Senate seat. She’d be great!

[lea]

Aug 12, 2020 19:21:24 GMT -5 tessalb said:

Aug 12, 2020 15:10:04 GMT -5 glw said:

I'd love for Katie Porter to be Sec Treasury.

I’d like to see her take Harris’ Senate seat. She’d be great!

I like both of these.

In fact, I love Katie Porter so much that you could insert her in any Cabinet position and I’d be like “Hell yeah, great choice!”

[atexan]

Aug 12, 2020 15:15:59 GMT -5 Michelle said:

Aug 12, 2020 12:04:28 GMT -5 atexan said:

Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama

Who else wants to play?

Would he even want that? I mean, he has done his duty. And he gets salary for life. Why not enjoy it now? He doesn't seem power hungry.

Michelle isn't power hungry either, but I could see her, as proposed by smock, as SCOTUS. She was the one that was passionate about the law when they met. She was his mentor. She sacrificed her goals and priorities to support him as President. It's her turn to make her own mark.

In my fantasy he super wants to.

[Pom]

Aug 12, 2020 19:42:54 GMT -5 lea said:

Aug 12, 2020 19:21:24 GMT -5 tessalb said:

I’d like to see her take Harris’ Senate seat. She’d be great!

I like both of these.

In fact, I love Katie Porter so much that you could insert her in any Cabinet position and I’d be like “Hell yeah, great choice!”

Same. When she does congressional hearing questioning, you know the interviewees are sweating, sick & scared. I 💙 her.

[fuckyourcouch]

I just need someone competent and not an O/G executive at interior. Please give me back my pride in my employer lol.

[suzubell]

Aug 12, 2020 15:29:14 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

I might be biased, but I'd like to see Pedro Rivera (currently PA State Chief of Education) for Secretary of Education.

He’s awesome and I agree but he just left his post and is now the president of a college.