memeorandum.com - 11/12/2008
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Paul Bedard / US News :
Al Gore, Colin Powell, Caroline Kennedy in Obama's Administration? — Obama transition team boss John Podesta threw open the curtains of his operation today to reporters, signaling that the president-elect wants to move quickly, but not ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/5/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Colin Powell has been mentioned as a potential
member of Barack Obama's cabinet, both for Secretary of...
Defense and Secretary of Education. In his endorsement of Obama, Powell called for a greater focus on education. "I think the American people ...
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Colin Powell: Secretary Of Education?
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There Won’t Be Enough Air Freshener to Cover the Stink of Failure in There
The Sundries Shack —
... of the choices are liveable and may even do quite well in the positions - Tim Roemer at DHS, Howard Dean (yes, him) at HHS - but the rest of them are just Democratic retreads or obvious bones to the labor unions and other assorted special interests. Oh, and there’s a prospective new office of “Climate Czar” for Al Gore, too. So, finally, the Goracle can take his rightful place at the right hand of the Obamessiah. Have I mentioned that this is going to be a long four years? (via memeorandum ) ...
Change you can believe in
Sister Toldjah —
... Gore might be under consideration for a “climate czar” position; Colin Powell could be education secretary; Howard Dean might get health and human services; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency; and Caroline Kennedy could be the ambassador to the United Nations.
Looks like payback time for all those lefties who helped get Barry Oh! elected. Cronyism, anyone?
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