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All-Star Team (of Rivals)??
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Politico: The President-elect is "strongly considering" tapping RFK Jr. to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Also looking at Colin Powell, Caroline Kennedy for potential posts.       ...

Robert F. Kennedy: Environmental Protection Agency Head?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The first news on Barack Obama's cabinet is out: President-elect Barack Obama is strongly considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a Cabinet post, Democratic officials told Politico. ... The selection of Kennedy would be a shrewd early move for the new presidential team. Obama advisers said the nomination would please both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). It also would raise the profile of the EPA, which would help endear Obama to liberals who may be ...

Robert F. Kennedy: Environmental Protection Agency Head?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — The first news on Barack Obama's cabinet is out: President-elect Barack Obama is strongly considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a Cabinet post, Democratic officials told Politico. ... The selection of Kennedy would be a shrewd early move for the new presidential team. Obama advisers said the nomination would please both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). It also would raise the profile of the EPA, which would help endear Obama to liberals who may be ...

Video: Bush congratulates Obama
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... to introduce hidden realities to Hopenchange. A nice show here from Bush. I look forward to reading at DU how it fits into his master plan to nullify the election and declare martial law. The One is already mulling cabinet positions, of course. I wonder if we’ll really be so blessed as to have not one but ...

Obama Considers Stars for Cabinet
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Politico reports President-elect Obama is considering several "celebrity-level political stars" for Cabinet posts. Among those mentioned: ...

Pondering an Obama Cabinet
Newshoggers.com — ... Speculation about the composition of Obama's cabinet appears to be the order of the day in a few circles. None of it is confirmed, of course, but this would be great news: ...

Obama White House team starts taking shape
Political Animal — ... , though I haven't seen confirmation elsewhere. (I can appreciate the concerns about Emanuel; in fact, I share many of them. But as far as I can tell, the COS position is more managerial than ideological. I don't see any reason to think Emanuel will be setting the WH agenda, but rather, will help execute it.) What's more, the Politico reports that Obama's team is considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Caroline Kennedy as a possible U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Colin Powell for secretary of defense or education. (Powell ...

Two Kennedys In An Obama Administration Possible
PoliGazette — According to Politico, which pretty much became the propaganda tool for the Obama campaign during this year’s campaign for president, President-Elect Barack Obama and his main team of advisers are contemplating asking two Kennedys to accept a position in the Obama cabinet. Obama is strongly considering asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of the late senator and attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Politico reports Democratic sources said earlier today. Caroline ...

Colin Powell: Secretary Of Education?
Politics on 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 and the gentlemen running for president will have to, early on, focus on education more than we have seen in the campaign so far. America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high ...

Colin Powell: Secretary Of Education?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — 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 and the gentlemen running for president will have to, early on, focus on education more than we have seen in the campaign so far. America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high ...

Did We Elect Rahm Emanuel Last Night? I Want My Money Back
DownWithTyranny! — ... So let's wait and see if the spectre of Emanuel as chief of staff is just another odious Evan Bayh as VP ploy before we start wishing Palin had won. Besides, if we want to dwell on rumors, how about all the cabinet positions being bandied about. My fave was Olympia Snowe (R-ME) as EPA head-- which puts Tom Allen in the Senate where he belongs? I guess that job's already promised to RFK, Jr. though-- just as Colin Powell as ...

A Kennedy in the Cabinet?
The Volokh Conspiracy — Politico reports that President-elect Barack Obama is considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the post of Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. A ...

“You’ve got yourself an unconfirmable nominee”
Overlawyered — ... The buzz about a possible seat in the Cabinet for hothead scion and anti-vaccine crank Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. continues with a second article in Politico, this time shifting the speculation to the Environmental Protection Agency and citing “Democratic officials” who claim Obama is “strongly considering” RFK, Jr. for that post (Mike Allen, “Obama considers stars for Cabinet”, Nov. 5). Tim Noah at Slate shouts a timely “don’t”: ...

No, no, NO. This is not how you torpedo a nominee.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... When I read this morning that President-elect Obama was contemplating picking Robert Kennedy Jr for EPA head, I was pleased. I was very pleased. After all, it's so rare that you encounter such a case of sheer political idiocy so soon after an election. I mean, really: Kennedy ...

Divided We Fall
Daily Kos — The blogosphere is abuzz with rumors of potential cabinet and staffing choices as the new administration prepares to assume the reigns of power. One of those unsubstantiated rumors, now being reported by the Wall Street Journal and Politico, has science bloggers deeply concerned: I join my fellow SciBlings Orac, PalMD, Blake and Coturnix (and Wired's Keim) in a big thumbs down on RFK, Jr. He may be the favorite of some in the environmental movement but he is not a favorite of scientists for a simple reason: his uninformed championing of the ...

But will it cure politics?
Classical Values — ... , btw) whom Obama is said to be planning to put in charge of the EPA. But so much for politics. I wanted to write something personal which I suspected was either a psychosomatic or downright superstitious manifestation, but now I'm not so sure. For the past week (and shortly before that in Michigan), I was fighting off what felt like the beginning of a cold. Finally, after the long drive, I arrived here, and one of the problems I need to address is water damage from a plumbing leak which in turn caused some serious mold. Sleeping two nights breathing moldy air was enough to ...