Your wishlist for Harris Administration appointees

There was probably a Hillary thread like this too.

Jesus, OP -- do you think we keep track of all this riff-raff?

And secondly, what makes you think the Harris Administration will listen to [italic]you[/italic] ?

Free Crystal Light to everyone

Jennifer Granholm looks like a lesbian college basketball coach.

Attorney General: Jack Smith

Seriously, R1 & R2?

Reread the operative word in my post title, you churlish toads: [bold]"WISHLIST."[/bold]

You’d better wish that she wins first, OP.

Gina Raimondo, my early summer fantasy pick to replace Biden at the top of the ticket, should be in line for a top Department promotion.

I'd keep Antony Blinken as Secretary of State

AMY KLOBUCHAR??????

Keep her as far away from this administration— and, frankly, all of them — as you can!

Surgeon General: Dr. Jill Biden

I'd transfer Pet Buttigieg to Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

^ Pete

Jasmine Crockett, Intern to Madame President

I'd rather go with Paul Rieckhoff as VA head.

OP Dont count your chickens before they cross the road.

Attorney General: Jack Smith

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was just promoted to Senior Advisor to the President.

I hope Kamala keeps her on board as she is sharp as a tack and not easily rattled.

WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND OP?!?!?! I am not hosting these stupid Zoom Ladies Book Club Meetings for Harris/Walz so my Peter can be left to rot in DOT!!!

I am going to my sheshed to wrap the needlepoint I made for Doug and Kamala’s bus!

When I return my Peter better be Secretary of State on your stupid list!

Being good on TV is one thing, R18. It’s own thing.

If Dems take the House, I think Kamala will appoint Harkeem Jeffries as Speaker.

Biden's probably making everyone Senior Advisor to the President. It's just a meaningless job title they can put on their resumes if they aren't kept on by Harris.

I nominate Lillian Appleby as Treasurer...

Pete would be a good chief of staff. Sharp a tack and a good speaker.

[quote] Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was just promoted to Senior Advisor to the President. I hope Kamala keeps her on board as she is sharp as a tack and not easily rattled.

R18 There's probably a good chance of this, if Karine and Kamala have a good relationship. Karine was Kamala's VP press secretary before Jen Psaki left the White House. Then she was promoted to WH press secretary.

Federally-subsidized development of massive amounts of safe, tasteful lower middle class housing. Heavy support for and celebration of Social Security. Also the money she’s promising for home care funded by Medicare. Also confiscating all firearms. More weed.

I hope she'll keep Lina Khan as FTC Commissioner, but Kamala's so centrist that I see her caving to big business and firing her. I'm not the biggest Biden fan, but one of the best decisions he made was appointing an absolute lioness as FTC Chair. She's a true advocate for the consumer and not afraid to take on Wall St and Big Tech.

[quote] If Dems take the House, I think Kamala will appoint Harkeem Jeffries as Speaker.

How's that?! Jeffries is the Minority Leader on the basis of his caucus's vote. If his party flips the House, his caucus - not Harris - will select him as the Speaker.

Sally Yates for AG. Keep Jack Smith on to prosecute Trump.

On the other hand, if Trump wins, it will be interesting to see if he learned a lesson from the fiascos of his first administration. I doubt it.

R30, you can keep wishing forever because it's never going to happen.

[quote] I hope she'll keep Lina Khan as FTC Commissioner, but Kamala's so centrist that I see her caving to big business and firing her.

R27 Since Kamala has made cost of living and price gouging a big part of her domestic policy, keeping Lina Khan seems crucial. Khan is already suing to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger. If that merger were to go through, whether by Kamala appointing a corporate-friendly agency head or Trump appointing a thoroughly corrupt goon, we already know what will happen. The combined Kroger-Albertsons would take the food industry further into oligopoly market power, raising grocery prices even higher while the C-suite blames "inflation."

OP I like the idea of Mitch Landrieu as CoS, but I wanted Pete Buttigieg for that. I do want Mitch to remain. I'd choose Doug Jones for Attorney General. Klobuchar is going to be Senate Majority leader once we take the Senate and Schumer goes home. Mayorkas and Granholm can stay in place so can the woman running Interior. The National Security Team needs to remain for stability, but honestly, they need to toughen up about Bebe.

So sad that all anyone can think of is HR central casting gossip shit.

Give Lizzie Warren Commerce.

I love her. I wish she'd become our first woman president.

R34, most people can be concerned for Democracy, working hard to support it, while at the same time thinking about selections for a future administration.

How about wishlists of action and not binders full of women?

AG = Maya Wiley State = Michelle Obama Defense = Pete Buttigieg Treasury = Elizabeth Warren UN = Liz Cheney Chief of Staff = Karine Education = Jill Biden Veterans = Adam Kinzenger HUD = Breshears FEMA = Cooper

Just off top of my head

WELL?!?! I AM WAITING OP!!!

Chasten, you can be White House Social Secretary.

Secretary of Pizzazz: Liza Minnelli

[quote]OP Dont count your chickens before they cross the road

Or, as my beloved late friend would say, "That horse has sailed."

I told my sister if my list, and she said Pete should be head of VA, with Paul Rieckhoff as his #2. Pete would handle the high-profile, forward-facing duties, while Rieckhoff would work in the trenches. Both could take on and modernize the VA's unwieldy bureaurocracy (you can't even fill out forms online for many tasks!), because their online system is godawful, Pleistocene-era tech.

I could be happy with that scenario, too.

Secty of Defense - Jim Mattis. Bring him back and watch Trump blow a vein.

Let Gina Raimondo write her own ticket for whatever role she might covet in any future Harris administration.

[quote]If Dems take the House, I think Kamala will appoint Harkeem Jeffries as Speaker.

The President doesn’t appoint the Speaker. The Speaker is elected by the House members.

Klobuchar will be staying in the Senate. She’s planning to become Democratic leaders once Schumer is gone.

Pete should have a role where he’s featured prominently in a speaking role. He’s very good on TV and shutting down disinformation and “gotcha” questions from reporters.

Tish James for AG.

Harris said she'd put a Republican in her cabinet. So I'm betting Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger will be on that list. Problem is that Cheney is a die hard ideological conservative and she will not be cooperative. I can see her serving for about a year than holding a news conference to resign....

[quote]I'd transfer Pet Buttigieg to Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

I'd transfer Pete Buttigieg to Secretary of Sitting On My Face.

[quote]Harris said she'd put a Republican in her cabinet.

That’s a mistake. It better be a do-nothing position.

Years ago Robert Reich (sp?) became cabinet secretary for Labor under Clinton. He wrote a book saying basically it was a figurehead position and he couldn’t do anything and the permanent staff did all the real work. The noteworthy thing was he ate in the employee dining room vs the private one. That’s what I remember anyway, I read it a long time ago.

Find your own husband, r50!

My Peter is going to be Secretary of State, and I am going to be his glamorous wife WHO TRAVELS WITH HIM ON ALL OF HIS FABULOUS TRIPS! I am going to be the gay Nancy Kissinger or Teresa Heinz Kerry!

Mother Buttigieg can feed the dogs and watch those brats, I can express milk and have the State Department ship it back!

I'm willing to bet they're having negotiations with Romney for State I exchange for a last-minute endorsement.

After Nancy fucked her over for Senate, Katie Porter for Sec, of Treasury. Keep Warren in the Senate.

Hillary for Secretary of Defense.

Liz Cheney needs a spot somewhere in there. She helped turn the page on Trumpism. We are witnessing the epic fall of the Donald. Buh- bye, chump!

Liz Cheney for AG to prosecute Trump's Republicans in Congress?

She is a JD from University of Chicago.

Don't you worry about Liz. Her Daddy and Lizzie are already picking out the right spot and I guarantee you it will be Defense Department related. She and Harris have too many philosophical differences to put her in as AG or anywhere near judgeship. Personally I would make her an ambassador to the court of St James. A plush, cushy job in the UK. Keep her out of trouble. Romney is in his 80's. If She's smart she will use the professional State Department people, the top ones, including Blinken if he wants to stay. This would be a bad time to fuck with state and they're pretty sensitive about politicians getting appointed to diplomatic jobs like SoS. Hillary at least had standing internationally. I think the people at state are handicapped by Joe's policies. I think Kamala will kick Netanyahu's ass. LOL! I'd put Adam Kinzinger in charge of FEMA.

R21 The president doesn’t appoint the speaker. The speaker is elected by the house.

If you were being sarcastic, sorry, I missed it.

I have a lot of contacts in the NC political world and hear a lot of rumors. Roy Cooper is definitely being offered a cabinet position.

The word on the street is that he’d like AG but the party wants him to run for US Senate in two years. The Harris team don’t want an AG that might only serve two years so they want him to take Commerce since he’s done such a good job recruiting international manufacturing investment to NC during his two terms.

The big question is what Roy wants. He has always said he’s not interested in serving in Congress, so he might hold out for AG. The law is his real passion and he and Kamala became close when they were working together in the state Democratic AG group.

But what about ME???? I worked with her too, and I'm a lawyer and I was an AG????

Andy, you got into the Dem AG club just a year before Kamala left for the Senate so you don’t have the history she has with Cooper.

If the GOP wins the Senate, she will have a hard time appointing anyone unless she gets them confirmed before the new Congress takes over.

She needs to dump Garland.

Will Smith for press secretary. Fox News and other conservative pundits will make sure they come correct at them briefings.

[quote]If the GOP wins the Senate, she will have a hard time appointing anyone unless she gets them confirmed before the new Congress takes over.

In that scenario, my vote will be especially important. And I’m very concerned about some things.

And she can recess/temp appoint everyone, while using her expanded powers to jail obstructionists. Fuck em all.

If the GOP wins the Senate, she will have a hard time appointing anyone unless she gets them confirmed before the new Congress takes over.

That can only happen if Biden resigns before January ... or makes nominations for Harris before then.

If it's a close Senate, there will be a few Republicans who vote to confirm her nominees. Unless she tries to appoint AOC or someone like that. I'm not worried about the Cabinet. Judges, on the other hand, will not be confirmed.