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John Bolton for Secretary of State
Randy Barnett should be nominated for the Supreme Court.
I’d be interested to hear any objections you may have to Kudlow for an economic post.
Cruz for SCOTUS.
And I second Giuliani for Attorney General.
Newt as Press Secretary.
We go with all the big names, don’t we?
The best people for many jobs may well be a long-serving public servant with no big name at all.
Bobby Jindal — Health and Human Services
Bolton — Secretary of State
Flynn — Director of CIA
Larry Kudlow — Treasury
Kasich — Director of OMB
Rudy — AG
Perry — Secretary of Defense
Eliminate the rest.
I was inspired by Saint Augustine…
Kasich shows signs of early senility. There may be better choices. I want someone likely to push back against any spending.
Plenty of Governors out there that would be a good choice for OMB. Jindal might be a better fit for it since he actually made the tough budget choices while LA governor. He actually reduced the size of the state workforce.
The real one is more inspiring, of course.
Then there’s always the option of reading my book and getting both together.
I think there is zero chance that Trump will ask John Kasich to serve in his Admin… just a hunch but I think Trump disdains him pretty severely, and the feeling is mutual.
Depends. We want to reduce government intrusion, regulation, and micromanagement. Few or no long-serving public servant with no big name share this goal. Bureaucrats always accrete power.
Probably so.
For whatever reason, I like Kasich. I know I’m in the minority on that.
Indeed — the best people may well be not public servants at all. Trump just may understand this in a way that most president-elects will not…
Jeb Bush as secretary of energy.
That low-watt light bulb? Seems unlikely, although quite funny…
Press Secretary Milo Yiannopoulos!
Johnnie,
Well, I think Newt was looking for something bigger but now that I think about it would that ever be fun!!! Everyday Newt would hold a news conference. We could refer to it as “Beat The Press”.
Oh, the joy.
Regards,
Jim
State: John Bolton
Atty Genl: David A. Clarke, Jr
Defense: Colin Powell
Treasury: Walter Williams
Interior: Sarah Palin
Education: Dennis Prager
Chief of Staff: Newt Gingrich
Press Secy: Mike Rowe
NSA: Linus Torvalds
Agriculture: Victor David Hanson
Energy: Kirk Sorensen
HUD: Thomas Sowell
HHS: Ben Carson
Commerce: Carly Fiorina
Veterans Administration: John McCain
Homeland Security: Rudy Giuliani
“The Trump transition teams have turned to Mike McKenna for advice on Energy and David Bernhardt, former Interior Department solicitor general under President Bush, on the Interior Department. “Both are smart, canny individuals who understand the nuances of the Departments for which they’ve been asked to provide assistance,” Scott Segal, co-head of government relations at the legal and lobbying firm Bracewell, said in an email.
McKenna, who is president of the firm MWR Strategies and who worked for both the Energy and Transportation departments, has lobbied on behalf of Dow Chemical, Koch Industries, Southern, GDF Suez and TECO Energy.
Bernhardt, a partner at the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, has represented a wide variety of clients on regulatory issues such as the Endangered Species Act but has not lobbied for corporations.
In addition, Myron Ebell, head of energy and environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, had headed Trump’s transition team on the EPA. Ebell has been a skeptic about climate change and has called many mainstream climate studies false.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/09/trump-victory-reverses-u-s-energy-and-environmental-priorities/
http://www.bhfs.com/people/attorneys/a-b/dbernhardt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Ebell
Secretary of NRG = Jeb at the secretaries desk running in a hamster wheel to keep the lights on in the oval office.
Ted Cruz for the Independent Prosecutor to investigate Hillary’s tenure at State and the Clinton Global Initiative’s dealings.
Wouldn’t it just be the best? Just thinking about it is making me grin…
I think it was a spectacularly classless move for Kasich to boycott the convention which was held in his own state. That’s an insult to the people of the state, and to all businesses involved with the event, regardless of what he thinks of the candidate. He should have sucked it up, done the bare minimum and kept his mouth otherwise shut.
Hillary Clinton for Bureau of Prisons internal auditor
I was planning on him shutting the department down and turning off the lights. He’s got the guts and skills to do it. However, CEA is also a great idea.
Like which? Since I’ve been a suggestion-maker, I obviously disagree.
Anthony Weiner for White House photographer.
Dinesh D’Souza for FEC
True, but those are the Deputies. They replace the big name along the way. At this juncture Trump needs to provide assurances to those who are worried, and known entities are a good way to do that. Also, a big name sends a strong signal of the direction.