# Kerry's Cabinet **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 15, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412 "2004-03-15T12:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/1 "2004-03-15T12:45:01Z")
Who’s likely to be in John Kerry’s cabinet? I’m thinking Wes Clark as Sec. of Defense or National Security advisor. Maybe Gephardt as Sec. of Labor? I think Attorney General will be interesting. The Right hated Janet Reno and the Left hates John Ashcroft. ---
**Author:** ![ajfrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@ajfrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajfrod)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/2 "2004-03-15T13:44:18Z")
How about Edwards as state, Clark for homeland or admin of Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/3 "2004-03-15T14:03:56Z")
Nah, I’m betting that Clark made that quicky endorsement on the promise of SecState. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/4 "2004-03-15T15:26:33Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Who’s likely to be in John Kerry’s cabinet? I’m thinking Wes Clark as Sec. of Defense or National Security advisor. Maybe Gephardt as Sec. of Labor? I think Attorney General will be interesting. The Right hated Janet Reno and the Left hates John Ashcroft. Ahem. You’re pretty confident, aren’t you? The election is 8 months away and you’re writing the OP like it already happened and Kerry won. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/5 "2004-03-15T16:44:12Z")
I can see Kerry playing this game in bed in his mind after his concession speech. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/6 "2004-03-15T17:07:15Z")
Lots of former Clinton Administration officials, but mostly from the second level. Similar policies will result. Fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/7 "2004-03-15T18:51:07Z")
Relax, **Doors** , it’s a hypothetical question. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/8 "2004-03-15T18:51:50Z")
He should give Bill Clinton a high-ranking post, just to cheese off the right. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/9 "2004-03-15T22:35:00Z")
A couple thoughts: - He won’t pick any sitting Senators, for the same reason that GW didn’t - the balance in the Senate is too close to risk any seats if the party doesn’t have to. There are, however, a few retirees - John Edwards, Zell Miller, Bob Graham, couple of others. At least one of these, as well as any who lose their races, might make appearances in the Cabinet. - The House, however, isn’t close. I could see Mr. Kucinich as HHS Secretary. - I like the idea of Gen. Clark at Homeland Security. - Norm Mineta will stay at Transportation, unless he wants out of government. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/10 "2004-03-16T01:18:55Z")
I was having this discussion tonight with some co-workers. We thought of Michael Dukakis as ambassador to Mexico. Dukakis is fluent in Spanish and has worked with Kerry. I can even see Dukakis as Sec. of Commerce. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/11 "2004-03-16T03:49:38Z")
Zell Miller, who is a Democrat pretty much in name only, doesn’t really strike me as a likely candidate. ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/12 "2004-03-16T03:59:01Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > He should give Bill Clinton a high-ranking post, just to cheese off the right. 😃 Ha! That would be good for Saturday Night Live also. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/13 "2004-03-16T04:05:07Z")
While we’re on the topic of hypothetical Cabinets, had George Wallace won the 1968 election, who would he have included in his Cabinet? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrys-cabinet/234412/14 "2004-03-16T04:30:27Z")
> [@ajfrod](#): > > How about Edwards as state, Clark for homeland or admin of Iraq? Elliot Spitzer for Attorney General! Actually, I think Clark will end up at the State Department. Defense will be interesting; I’m betting on a career bureaucrat instead of a career politician ending up in the post.