what would be your dream cabinet in a Dean Presidency?

[whirlygigspin]

Vice President Sharpton--(eliminates worry of impeachment/assas.
Justice--Kucinich (sick em boy!)
Environment--Nader (gets the green vote)
Defence--Kerry (D-Vietnam)
HHS--Braun
...
ok, your turn

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Actually

I'd like to see Nader as the head of the SEC. :^)

[CWebster]

2. Graham VP

Clark Defence
Nader AG
Kennedy Sec of state
Chomsky National Security Advisor
(Heh heh)

[UrbScotty]

3. Dean/Clark 2004!

President Howard Dean
Vice President Wesley Clark
Secretary of State Bob Graham
Secretary of Defense John Kerry
Attorney General Dennis Kucinich
Secretary of the Interior Ralph Nader
Secretary of Homeland Security Joe Lieberman
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Labor Dick Gephardt
Secretary of Health and Human Services John Edwards
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Al Sharpton
Secretary of Transportation John McCain
Secretary of Education Carol Moseley Braun
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Max Cleland

No Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, or Energy yet

[davidinalameda]

7. Jay Rockefeller for Veterans or for Energy

Warren Buffet for Treasury or Commerce

[dsc]

4. Way too early

First he isn't even the nominee yet. Second whomever wins the WH as a Democrat will have a lot to consider when the time comes. If the Senate is still close to 50/50 he would be hard pressed to name a Democratic senator from a state with a Republican governor. That means no Lieberman, Kerry, Kennedy, or Graham to name some. The President also might face some of that in the House.

That said, some people are pretty obvious choices. Mosley Braun for a high domestic agency (HHS, AG, Labor, or Treasury) would be a great idea. Graham, if he retires would be great for CIA Director, State, or NSA. Edwards as AG. Corozine as Treasury.

All of these are for anyone who wins presuming they themselves didn't. But again it is way, way to early for this and especially for any one candidate.

[peaceandjustice]

5. Some possibilities

Andrew Young as Vice-President or Secretary of State.
Richard Holbrooke or Bill Richardson as Secretary of State
Carol Moseley Braun as Ambassador to the UN
Ira Glasser or Lani Guinier as Attorney General
Colin Powell or Wesley Clark as Secretary of Defense
Gary Hart or Bob Graham as Secretary of Homeland Security
Dennis Kucinich as Secretary of Energy
Ralph Nader as Solicitor General
Jeffery Tobin as Secretary of the Treasury
Tony Knowles as Secretary of the Interior
Jim Hightower as Secretary of Agriculture
Jocelyn Elders, Secretary of HHS

[DrFunkenstein]

6. George Clinton Said It Best

"And when they come to march on ya,
Tell 'em to make sure they got their James Brown pass
And don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House
Reverend Ike, Secretary of the Treasure
Richard Pryor, Minister of Education
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of FINE arts
And Miss Aretha Franklin, the First Lady.
Are you out there, CC?
A chocolate city is no dream.
It's my piece of the rock and I dig you, CC.
God bless Chocolate City and its vanilla suburbs."

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[election_2004]

8. a hypothetical Dean cabinet

President – Howard Dean
Vice-President – Marcy kaptur
Speaker of the House – Dennis Hastert?/Nancy Pelosi?
President Pro Tempore of the Senate – Robert Byrd
Secretary of State – Wesley Clark
Secretary of Treasury – Maxine Waters
Secretary of Defense – John Kerry
Attorney General – John Conyers
Secretary of the Interior – Al Gore or Victor Atiyeh
Secretary of Agriculture – Eva Clayton
Secretary of Commerce – Bobby Rush or John Dingell
Secretary of Labor – Dennis Kucinich or Luis Gutierrez
Secretary of Health & Human Services – Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development – Ben Cayetano
Secretary of Transportation – Connie Morella
Secretary of Energy – John Kitzhaber
Secretary of Education – Jim Jeffords
Secretary of Veterans Affairs – Max Cleland
Secretary of Peace - Dennis Kucinich or Jimmy Carter