From Holden:
The Washington Post is speculating today about what a Kerry Cabinet might look like. I love to see confidence in a Kerry win expressed so boldly among the major media.
Here are the top candidates for key positions according to the Post’s Jim VandeHei:
Secretary of State
Sen. Joseph Biden
Amb. Richard Holbrooke
Sen. Chuck Hagel [Fart noises from Holden.]
Sen. Richard G. Lugar [See Hagel, above.]
Former Sen. Warren Rudman
Secretary of Defense
Sen. Chuck Hagel
Sen. Richard G. Lugar
Sen. Warren Rudman
Dep. Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage [NO WAY! Armitage is complicit in Bush’s war crimes.]
[What about Wes Clark?]
Treasury Secretary
Jim Johnson
Roger C. Altman
Federal Reserve Chair
Robert E. Rubin [YES!!!]
White House Chief of Staff
Jim Johnson
Mary Beth Cahill
John Sasso
Alexis M. Herman
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Gov. Jeanne Shaheen
Secretary of Homeland Defense [Hey, if we can’t get rid of this superfluous department without scaring all the Security Moms, can we at least change the name to something less reminiscent of the Third Reich?]
Rep. Jane Harman
Sen. Susan Collins
Rep. Lee H. Hamilton
Gov. Thomas H. Kean
Rep. Timothy J. Roemer
Attorney General
Dennis Archer
Deval L. Patrick
Jamie S. Gorelick
[Uh, hello…Ellito Spitzer?]
Secretary of Agriculture or Education
Gov. Tom Vilsack