Who would be Biden's best choice for Secretary of State.

[Swede]

Remember pre-Trump when the State Department was a powerful diplomatic institution.

[WheelWalker]

1. Susan Rice

[Boogiemack]

3. Ditto! nt

[onetexan]

7. Absolutely!! Who else but Susan :)

[Rice4VP]

2. Susan Rice...but I don't know if she would want

to go through confirmation

[NurseJackie]

6. It would be a redux of Benghazi and emails.

She could serve as "acting" SOS.

[brush]

11. Hands down for Susan Rice. Don't worry about confirmation.

She an extremely knowledgeable and tough cookie who can handle republicans during confirmation hearings.

[Brother Mythos]

4. Hillary Clinton?

[Caliman73]

23. She was a good SOS but I don't think she'd take it.

Not sure Hillary is too keen on getting back into politics.

[PTWB]

25. Love HRC but I don't think so.

Let her retire in peace knowing she put that final crack in the glass ceiling that Kamala broke through.

[Qutzupalotl]

5. I like Mayor Pete

[LonePirate]

13. He's my selection as well. Beef up his resume for a future run.

[NewDayOranges]

42. I like Mayor Pete or Cong Val Demmings for Sec of Health & Human Services... n/t

Cong Demmings has a background in law enforcement and social work and Mayor Pete has shown that he can really empathize with people in need.

Cong Karen Bass also has a background in social work...

[russiamommy]

8. Ditto - Susan Rice

I’m sure she’s ready for any confirmation hearing.

[Botany]

9. Mayor Pete

End of story

[Doreen]

12. My first thought.

Best choice.

[Botany]

14. He can only speak 246 different languages and is very gracious

Hell, he taught himself Norwegian so he could read a book in its native tongue.

[Doreen]

20. He was the only man I would have approved of if Biden had not chosen a woman for vice president.

[DFW]

32. I speak more languages than he does, including Norwegian

If only I were gracious...........oops, all yours, Mayor Pete!!

Or Susan Rice, or whoever Joe picks. It's not like they are short on talent.

[GoCubsGo]

21. That was my first thought, but....

...then I thought of how many other positions for which he is qualified, and would be a good choice. If he doesn't wind up somewhere in Joe's cabinet, I will be pissed. Glad to see he's on the transition team.

[Happy Hoosier]

10. Susan Rice

And we need Marie Yovanovich in there in a senior position.

[DonaldsRump]

15. Susan Rice: without question

Prior to Joe's picking Kamala, there were many DUers who wanted Susan Rice to be the VP. She is incredibly qualified, but has never run in a campaign AFAIK. I had always responded that SoS was uniquely suited for her.

[montanacowboy]

16. Susan Rice Hands Down!

Mayor Pete for Press Secretary

[GoCubsGo]

17. Barack Obama, if he's willing.

Our allies know and trust him.

[Stuart G]

46. I don't think Barack would do it,...But he is the very best choice...Number 1

[cayugafalls]

18. Mayor Pete.

He is an incredible spokesman.

[Spazito]

19. Susan Rice, hands down, imo n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

22. While Susan Rice would be an EXCELLENT choice, I prefer her as DNI. For State . . .

. . . . I would love it if Hillary Clinton would do it again. If not her, Wes Clark would be a great choice.

[GoCubsGo]

28. Wes Clark would be a great choice!

He's also moderate enough that he could probably survive any of Moscow Mitch's fuckery, if it comes to that. I hope Joe considers adding him to his team in some capacity.

[lapfog_1]

24. Susan Rice - SoS

Mayor Pete for SecDef

[regnaD kciN]

26. At those point, I'm in agreement with the joke campaign sign...

...and will be happy with “any functional adult” in any Cabinet position over the next four years.

[Kaleva]

27. Whoever Biden and his team think is best. I'm not qualified to make that choice...

or to even offer an opinion

[stillcool]

33. I'm with you...my forte was

the food industry. I could opine on what they should choose for lunch, but Secretary of State?

[Kaleva]

45. It's like asking members of a internet football forum to run a team's draft

[TigressDem]

29. My first thought was Bernie because of his years of seeing this world, but he wants Sec of Labor.

I guess that makes more sense. At least we'd get minimum wage through.

Texas is afraid if Bernie were picked.

GOSH we might get peace and then how would the military cope with that?

[Hortensis]

30. :) Really? Four names, including one former sec, one former

diplomat, one former president, and one former small-city major (!) whose name became famous because he ran for president?

Profound ignorance of real possibilities is my problem, but for fun I'll offer Fareed Zakariah. I find it very impressive how he always knows how to pronounce the names of the various heads of states and dignitaries discussed on his show, and where their countries are. And for spitting in Putin's face and making his nightmare come truth, as well as top experience, Sec Hillary Clinton.

I just went and grabbed Rice, Chris Coons, Antony Blinken, Chris Murphy and Williams Burns from Politico and Vox quoting each other. Not that I put a lot of faith in media groupthink.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. Marie Yovanovich seems sharp, and a career diplomat. nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

34. President Biden will have a wealth of talent to choose from. Best thing is there are so many bright

candidates to choose from in the Democratic talent pool - a startling change from the cesspool RUMP picked from.

[True Dough]

35. You are absolutely right about that

A wealth of AMAZING options for cabinet.

[roamer65]

36. Susan Rice.

[WyattKansas]

37. Susan Rice

She can step right in and slam the lid shut on Putin and begin undoing his grip on the world.

[AlexSFCA]

38. Stacey Abrams

[tritsofme]

39. Susan Rice for sure, but we need to win the Senate.

Republicans would relish in blocking her.

[MyNameGoesHere]

40. The one that gets the message to Russia

Change your ways or your people will be hunting rats to survive. Total economic blockade.

[Celerity]

41. Susan Rice would be great, but she will never be approved by the Rethug Senate.

I doubt they approve many of the Cabinet positions. So Rice would have to be Acting SoS.

Pete would be good as well. UN Ambassador or Sec of Defence for him too.

[Stinky The Clown]

43. Another name to consider is Samantha Power

If the name is not familiar to you, running it through la Macchina Googlioni

[Bettie]

44. Given Agent Orange's recent choices

literally anyone would be miles better.