Romney's Dream Team

[FiremanBob]

Who should be in Romney's Cabinet? I have created a partial list but haven't filled in all the blanks. The incumbents' names are listed below the job title:

In order of succession to the Presidency:

Vice President of the United States: David Petraeus (if not SecDef) or Mitch Daniels
Joseph R. Biden

Department of State: John Bolton
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton

Department of the Treasury: ??
Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

Department of Defense: David Petraeus (if not VP)
Secretary Leon E. Panetta

Department of Justice: Mark Levin or Glenn Reynolds
Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Department of the Interior: Sarah Palin
Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar

Department of Agriculture: Close
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack

Department of Commerce: Close
Secretary John E. Bryson

Department of Labor: Close
Secretary Hilda L. Solis

Department of Health and Human Services: Interim to Restructure Social Security.
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Department of Housing and Urban Development: Close
Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan

Department of Transportation: Close
Secretary Ray LaHood

Department of Energy: Close
Secretary Steven Chu

Department of Education: Close
Secretary Arne Duncan

Department of Veterans Affairs: Move under Defense
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki

Department of Homeland Security: Andrew McCarthy
Secretary Janet A. Napolitano

The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:

White House Chief of Staff: Keith Urbahn (currently Rumsfeld's chief of staff)
Jack Lew

Environmental Protection Agency: move under Interior
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson

Office of Management & Budget: (a CFO from large corporate with strong track record of restructuring and efficiency)
Jeffrey Zients, Acting Director

United States Trade Representative: Eliminate
Ambassador Ronald Kirk

Ambassador to the United Nations: Douglas Feith (interim until we withdraw from UN)
Ambassador Susan Rice

Council of Economic Advisers: Art Laffer
Chairman Alan B. Krueger

Small Business Administration: Close
Administrator Karen G. Mills

President's Press Secretary: Mark Steyn or Michelle Malkin

[Riposite]

don't generals have to be retired 7 years before they can become secretary of defense? Has Petreaus been out that long?

[FiremanBob]

Just looked it up. Yes, they do. No, he hasn't.

If I were Romney, I'd ask Rumsfeld and Cheney for their recommendation, and follow it.

[ratherfish]

Department of the Treasury: ??
Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

Should be Ron Paul, but Rand Paul would do.

[ShotgunBlast]

While I agree that some of those positions could go away, I would be stunned if any of them actually go away.

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[kelu]

who can be better at taking care of your money that honorable Jon Corzine?
Vote him for treasury!
And for Department of Drones:
Who other that the most drone addict?

[OakRidgeStars]

Alan West needs to be on this list. Of course, he's my first pick for Romney's VP.

Chuck Norris would add another level of awesomeness to the lineup as well.

[Jamie]

Excellent call on Palin for Interior. I hadn't thought of that one.

How about Paul Ryan for Sec of the Treasury?

I'm not convinced of Gen. Petraeus's conservatism, so I wouldn't put him as veep.

You've got to have Bobby Jindal in there to really get an agency running right.

Bolton would be an excellent choice for SecState.

[FiremanBob]

I see Ryan as the next Speaker. If we are going to have a conservative government, we need real conservatives in the Congressional leadership positions, too. I also think a governor or someone with real executive experience is a more credible VP than a legislator - for the same reason that such experience is a prerequisite for a good President.

Jindal is turning Louisiana around and out of a very deep hole. I think he'd want to have groomed a capable successor before going national - and such a management action would be a huge plus for his national credibility. He is Presidential material, and I think is still in his first term as Governor. It would be great for him to have a full, impressive track record as Governor.

The conservative wing of the Republican party has a very strong bench, but as we saw from the presidential candidates, not much of a starting lineup.

[Kreutz]

John Bolton as Sec of State would be epic.

[ratherfish]

Who are you voting for Okreutz?

[Kreutz]

Who are you voting for Okreutz?

I'm voting for Odawg, since when presented with two identical cuts of chicken I usually reach for the dark meat, as you should already know.

But I still think Bolton in that post would be great, is that permissible?

If you're referring to the banner in my signature I just found it funny and figured I'd share.

I see reformatting my cpu somehow let you off ignore. i'll be fixing that in a jiffy.

[ratherfish]

Some people prefer ignoring truth.

tata Okreutz.

[Jamie]

It's adorable how you two flirt.

[ratherfish]

My first wife was a liberal.

I already personally proved that "match made in heaven(hell)" wouldn't work.

[Kreutz]

It's adorable how you two flirt.

Truth. But like any relationship where only one partners heart is into it (it aint mine), it grows stale fast. Hence the handy ignore function IRL lacks.

[ratherfish]

We could list everything you ignore but it would cost Rick a fortune in bandwidth!