Life After Congress?
As reported today: Any good administration should have the Chuckster in it:
Eyeing some of the GOP’s most independently minded senators, Obama is considering Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Richard Lugar of Illinois as possible secretaries of defense and state, respectively, senior advisers told the newspaper.
Asked about his Cabinet choices last week, Obama told The Sunday Times: “Chuck Hagel is a great friend of mine and I respect him very much.” He did not go into further detail.
Both Hagel and Lugar - who are Obama’s colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - would be great cabinet positions (Oh by the way FOX, Lugar is from Indiana, not Illinois).
This makes one wonder what happens to Dodd and Biden, who are also on Foreign Relations. A VP role? This election season keeps getting better and better…
The Comments
Dave K says God help us if anyone March 2, 2008 at 10:14pm
God help us if anyone named in your post gets a high-level position in either a McCain or Obama administration.
Gene says RE: God help us if anyone March 3, 2008 at 10:38am
Right, we need cronyism, not smart people.
Dave K says RE: God help us if anyone March 3, 2008 at 10:43am
LOL. Did you read what Obama said about Hagel?
Mr. T says Honestly although I think Hagel March 2, 2008 at 10:35pm
Honestly although I think Hagel is a strong choice for a cabinet position, I think its unlikely that either McCain or Obama would pick another senator as a VP (thus you can forget about Dodd or Biden...but who knows).
But just out of curiosity Dave, who do you think would be a good secretary of state or secretary of defense? Chuck Norris?
awtm says I am going to mirror March 3, 2008 at 7:11am
I am going to mirror Dave K…
Fletch says Some of these people need March 3, 2008 at 9:05am
Some of these people need to ride off into the sunset…