Who would head your ideal administration?

[spooky3]

Let's take the current 9 candidates for President. Obviously, only one will get the nomination. So, just for fun, I was wondering:

1) If the other 8 agreed to serve in your favorite President's administration, and you could appoint them to posts, what post would each hold? (Please be sure to name who your President is too).
2) If you consider at least one of the 9 candidates unsuitable for any position, please leave that candidate out, and put in a substitute (e.g., Sen. Graham, Sen. Landrieu, a governor you like, etc.) for any open position that interests you.

[UrbScotty]

1. President Dean

Secretary of State - Kerry
Defense - Clark
AG - Kucinich
Labor - Gephardt
HHS - Edwards
HUD - Sharpton
Interior - Lieberman
Education - Braun

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. President Howard Dean

Vice President Bob Graham
Attorney General John Edwards
Sec. of Defense Wes Clark
Sec. of HHS Dennis Kucinich
Sec. of Education Carol Mosely Braun
Secretary of Labor Dick Gephardt
Press Secretary Al Sharpton

I would leave Kerry and Lieberman in the Senate, as they would be more effective there.

[jmaier]

3. This is fun

When I fill in around the edges, I'm not choosing any sitting Dem governor or congressperson.

Pres - Clark
VP - Gephardt
State - Holbrooke
Defense - Hollings
Homeland Security - Graham
HH&S - Dean
Treasury - Rubin
Agriculture - no idea
Labor - Kucinich
Atty Gen - Edwards

on edit: I agree that Kerry & Lieberman are more valuable in the Senate.

[OhioStateProgressive]

4. President Kucinich

Vice President Ralph Nader
Secretary of State John Hagelin
Presidents Personal Physician Dr. Howard Dean
Press Secretary Al Sharpton
Department of Defense Joe Lieberman
Department of Peace Carol Moseley Braun

all the picks i care to give

[Alex146]

5. Pres. Howard Dean

VP Kerry
Sec Defence Clark
Att General Edwards
Sec Labor Gep
DK can run his department of peace
Liberman can sweep the floor

[saltpoint]

6. President Bill Moyers

Pres -- Bill Moyers
VP -- Max Cleland
Agriculture -- Wendell Berry
Defense -- Wesley Clark
Education -- Carol Mosely Braun
HHS -- Dennis Kucinich
Homeland Security -- abolish the damn thing and restore
its component agencies to their original status
HUD -- Gary Locke
Interior -- John Kerry
Labor -- Tom Harkin
State -- Dale Bumpers
Transportation - Inez Tennenbaum
Treasury - Carl Levin
Veterans - Gen. Zinni
Attorney General - Eliot Spitzer
EPA - Mark Udall
Mgmt & Budget - Charles Rangel
Commerce - Jim Jeffords
Drug Policy - change Dpt name to Department of
Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration, then appoint
Julian Bond to lead it
U.S. Trade Rep - Dick Gephardt


Supreme Court Appointees:

Mario Cuomo
George Mitchell
Sheila Jackson Lee
Jim Jeffords

[loftycity]

8. That's a good ticket!!

Great list! Moyers is the Guy!

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Dale Bumpers! Love that man! good choice.......n/t

[loftycity]

7. Clark for Pres

VP-Graham
Attorney General-Edwards
Defense-Kerry
Labor -Kucinich
HHS-Sharpton
AG-Gephardt
Education-Braun
Homeland Security-Jesse Ventura kidding

[ewagner]

11. I appluad your choice for VP

just off the top of my head:

Pres:Clark/Dean
vp:as above
Sec of State: Robin Wright
AG: Edwards
EPA:Kucinich
Sec of Defense: Kerry
Sec of Ag: Harkin
HSS: Carol Mosely Braun
Labor:Gephart
Amb to UN:Bill Clinton


I'm sure I'm missing some..........

[PROGRESSIVE1]

10. President Wesley Clark

Vice President:.............Dennis Kucinich
Secretary of State:.........John Kerry
Atty General:...............Carol Mosley Braun
Defense Secretary:..........Fritz Hollings(Of Course!)
National Security Advisor:..George Soros(Of Course too!)
Homeland Security:..........Bob Graham
Treasury Secretary:.........Jon Corzine
Housing/Human Services:.....John Lewis(D-Georgia)
HUD:........................Al Sharpton
Labor Secretary:............John Edwards
Veterans Affairs:...........Max Cleland
Commerce Secretary:.........Bernie Sanders(I-Vermont)
Interior Secretary:.........Peter DeFazio(D-Oregeon)
EPA Administrator:..........John Baldacci(D-Governor of Maine)
Departement of Peace:.......Martin Sheen(a.k.a Jeb Bartlett)
Trade Representative:.......Robert Rubin(fmr. Clinton Treasury Secretary)

:dem:

Of course all of the Neo-Cons would be handed pink slips but would not qualify for unemployment compensation!

[spooky3]

12. wow, these are great answers! I need to get better educated.

[corporatewhore]

13. President Kucinich

Vice President Medea Benjamin
press secretary Al Sharpton
Commerece Secretary Ralph Nader
Ag dept.Jim Hightower
Labor Gephardt
Secretary of state Noam Chomsky
D

[spooky3]

14. kick for more opinions

[burning bush]

15. President Howard Dean, MD

And I wouldn't have any of them in the admin, except Kucinich, Edwrads and Braun.

Sharpton is better off without being tied to an office.

[corporatewhore]

16. I'd love to see sharpton adress the press though it would be funny

[adamrsilva]

17. President Dean

VP - Clark
State - Braun
Defense - Zinni
Attorney General - Edwards (he'd be the new Bobby Kennedy)

[Mattforclark]

18. Here we go...

President - Wesley Clark
VP - John Kerry
Department of International Development - Dennis Kucinich
Attorney General - John Edwards
UN ambassador - Carol Moseley Braun
HHS - Howard Dean
HUD - Al Sharpton
Labor - Dick Gephardt
Errr, some dusty corner - Joe Lieberman (so that Connecticut can elect someone else) ;)

non-candidates:

EPA - Someone from the Green party
Drug Czar - Someone from the Libertarian party
Office for Faith Based Innitiatives - Someone from a secular humanist organization or something
Defense - Anthony Zinni? I am sure President Clark could make some suggestions
State - Jimmy Carter and/or Bill Clinton
NASA - A theoretical physicist who would do something crazy and neato
Treasury - Joseph Stiglitz

[adamrsilva]

20. I second the dusty corner for Holy Joe

;)

[John_H]

19. A few no brainers for President Clark

State: Richard Holbrook
HUD: Nydia Velasquez
Education: Jean Shaheen
Homeland Security Gary Hart
CIA Bob Graham