TGHusker Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Ok, I'm going to count my chickens before they hatch and make the assumption that Biden will soon be choosing his cabinet. Who would you like to see in his cabinet and at what position? I expect to see Mayor Pete, Sen Amy K, Sen Warren, & Susan Rice, Sen Tammy Duckworth, Gov Whitmer, Sen Cory Booker, Sen Mark Warner in the cabinet as well as Atlanta mayor Bottoms and Stacy Abrams in some capacity. One could look at Obama's cabinet and probably forecast some of those in the Biden cabinet but I'm sure Biden will bring on new people as he would want to have his stamp on the cabinet and the direction of it. Here is the list in order of succession to the presidency: Vice President of the United States - Kamala Harris Department of State Department of the Treasury Department of Defense Department of Justice Department of the Interior Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Labor Department of Health and Human Services Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation Department of Energy Department of Education Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Homeland Security The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank: White House Chief of Staff Environmental Protection Agency Office of Management & Budget United States Trade Representative United States Mission to the United Nations Council of Economic Advisers Small Business Administration 2 Link to comment
Ulty Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I don't have answers for these specific roles, but I am really looking forward to having these positions filled by people with actual expertise in these areas and people who don't have an agenda to dismantle their own offices. Biden won't appoint: a sec of education who does not support public schools a sec of energy who wanted to eliminate the office and forgot it even existed during a failed presidential run an EPA head who hates environmental causes an attorney general who actively subverts the law unqualified children 4 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I don't have names. But, they will be more qualified than anything in the last 4 years. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 This is the kind of s#!t I was happy to not worry about and I will be happy to not worry about it in the future. What I want from the cabinet is to not read in the news that "Secretary of X, Mr. Y, hates everything about the department he runs and wants to burn it to the ground." Link to comment
Street Novelist Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Primo, you better hope Biden wins because if he doesn't, this thread is not going to age well at all. I take it you're not superstitious. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Street Novelist said: Primo, you better hope Biden wins because if he doesn't, this thread is not going to age well at all. I take it you're not superstitious. What are the repercussions for TGH for making this thread if Biden loses? lol Link to comment
RedDenver Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Well, signs indicate progressives not getting a role in a Biden admin but Repubs will. Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots Joe Biden reportedly eyes establishment over progressives for administration 1 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Ulty said: I don't have answers for these specific roles, but I am really looking forward to having these positions filled by people with actual expertise in these areas and people who don't have an agenda to dismantle their own offices. Biden won't appoint: a sec of education who does not support public schools a sec of energy who wanted to eliminate the office and forgot it even existed during a failed presidential run an EPA head who hates environmental causes an attorney general who actively subverts the law unqualified children Not to mention placing Carson as in doctor Carson over HUD instead of Surgeon General or something related to his medical experience. I could never figure that one out. 2 Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 46 minutes ago, RedDenver said: Well, signs indicate progressives not getting a role in a Biden admin but Repubs will. Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots Joe Biden reportedly eyes establishment over progressives for administration I have my doubts that Biden or anyone associated with him have mentioned potential cabinet appointments to anyone (especially the New York Post) yet. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 minute ago, JJ Husker said: I have my doubts that Biden or anyone associated with him have mentioned potential cabinet appointments to anyone (especially the New York Post) yet. I'm guessing that Biden's team or his donors are talking to reporters. There's a lot of different sources with similar reporting. Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Ulty said: I don't have answers for these specific roles, but I am really looking forward to having these positions filled by people with actual expertise in these areas and people who don't have an agenda to dismantle their own offices. Biden won't appoint: a sec of education who does not support public schools a sec of energy who wanted to eliminate the office and forgot it even existed during a failed presidential run an EPA head who hates environmental causes an attorney general who actively subverts the law unqualified children Dangit! I voted for Biden and didn’t allow for the boredom to ensue. Sensible news. People that know what they’re doing. No drunk tweeting at night. No people trying to destroy their office and the government. What was I thinking? 1 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 55 minutes ago, RedDenver said: Well, signs indicate progressives not getting a role in a Biden admin but Repubs will. Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots Joe Biden reportedly eyes establishment over progressives for administration Kind of shocks me that he would have a ban on senators. I could see a couple moderate GOP people joining his team Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, RedDenver said: I'm guessing that Biden's team or his donors are talking to reporters. There's a lot of different sources with similar reporting. I should rephrase that. I doubt they’ve mentioned it except to stroke certain people that need it at this point. I could see him appointing a couple repubs and also maybe wanting to avoid the left/progressive extremes. But I do have this hang up with the New York Post as a source. Whenever I see it in print, my mind reads National Enquirer. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Street Novelist said: Primo, you better hope Biden wins because if he doesn't, this thread is not going to age well at all. I take it you're not superstitious. I am not superstitious. But I can see the future Link to comment
TGHusker Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 https://www.axios.com/biden-transition-plan-election-day-65caa1f6-886e-42cd-b205-5ee8f89941f2.html Quote If news organizations declare Joe Biden the mathematical president-elect, he plans to address the nation as its new leader, even if President Trump continues to fight in court, advisers tell Axios. Why it matters: Biden advisers learned the lesson of 2000, when Al Gore hung back while George W. Bush declared victory in that contested election, putting the Democrat on the defensive while Bush acted like the winner. So if Biden is declared the winner, he'll begin forming his government and looking presidential — and won't yield to doubts Trump might try to sow. Biden's schedule for Tuesday includes a clue to this posture: He "will address the nation on Election Night in Wilmington, Delaware." Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon told reporters Monday that even if all the votes aren't counted tonight, the campaign should have "a very good sense of where we're headed": "We're not really concerned about what Donald Trump says. ... We're going to use our data, our understanding of where this is headed, and make sure that the vice president is addressing the American people." To show momentum, Biden may begin transition announcements quickly, starting with senior staff appointments. That way, core aides won't have to worry about their own jobs, but will immediately be able to get to work. Biden plans to adopt what one confidant called "a healing tone," and begin talking about the path forward in battling the coronavirus. Look for Biden to embrace science, and talk up the role of Dr. Anthony Fauci, after Trump threatened Sunday to try to fire the trusted official. From there, the transition would move with unprecedented speed: Biden had eight years in the White House, and he's surrounded by aides with decades of government experience. So the transition has made the most thorough agency-by-agency preparations in history, including offices no one's thinking about. Biden has blueprints for staffing every single agency, and has extensive plans for executive orders, including ones to undo Trump actions. Look for Biden to send all-business signals: He won't pack the courts, and is unlikely to push for repeal of the Senate's filibuster rule and its 60-vote requirement anytime soon. Instead, look for Biden to push to pass as much as possible under the banner of budget reconciliation, which requires just a simple majority 1 Link to comment
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