politico.com - 11/3/2008
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The list of names being widely discussed in Dem circles is heavy on Washington insiders, many of them from the Clinton administration.
politico.com - 10/31/2008
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politico.com —
Attorney general: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine; Eric Holder,
who was deputy AG under Clinton and is now...
with Covington & Burling and led Obama s vice presidential search; Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Supreme Court ...
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Dems sketch Obama staff, Cabinet - Mike Allen
dyn.politico.com - 11/2/2008
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dyn.politico.com —
Republican insiders close to John McCain are spending
much more time in the campaign s final days...
trying to pull off an upset victory on Tuesday than focusing on who might be in a McCain Cabinet. But sources close to Barack Obama have quite specific ...
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Obama’s administration
QandO —
Here, from Politico, are a list of names being discussed for various positions in an Obama administration. Note the name conspicuously missing when you get to HHS and "Health Care Czar". Note too that, according to this list at least, Al Gore would have a job of sorts. ...
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BlueOregon —
Over at the Politico, they've mentioned Congressman Earl Blumenauer as a potential Secretary of Transportation.
They've also mentioned John Kitzhaber as a potential nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Personally, I think he should be Surgeon General. HHS is just a mega-bureaucrat. The Surgeon General is supposed to be America's health advocate - talking to Americans about the greatest threats to their health... cigarettes, AIDS, obesity, etc. Seems to me, the greatest threat right now is our health insurance system - and Kitzhaber would be a ...
RFK, Jr. to Interior?
Overlawyered —
Someone in the Obama campaign seems to be floating the name of America’s Most Irresponsible Public Figure® as a possible Secretary of the Interior. (Mike Allen, “Dems sketch Obama staff, cabinet”, Politico, Oct. 31).
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